CVE-2016-8461

CVSS V2 Low 2.1 CVSS V3 Medium 5.5

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability in the bootloader could enable a local attacker to access data outside of its permission level. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to access sensitive data. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-32369621.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-8461

Assigner
security@android.com

Vulnerability Status
Modified

Published Version
2017-01-12T20:59:01

Last Modified Date
2017-01-18T02:59:15

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-200	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.18:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector
LOCAL

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
2.1

Severity
LOW

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
LOW

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5.5

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
1.8

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95237

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8461
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8461

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 09:50:27				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 12:51:47	2017-01-12T20:59Z	2017-01-12T20:59:01	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 12:51:47		2017-01-18T02:59:15	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 12:51:48		Modified	Vulnerability Status	updated