CVE-2016-6759

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Qualcomm media codecs could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally accessible to a third-party application. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-29982686. References: QC-CR#1055766.

Una vulnerabilidad de elevación de privilegios en los codecs multimedia Qualcomm podría permitir a una aplicación local maliciosa ejecutar código arbitrario dentro del contexto de un proceso privilegiado. Este problema está calificado como High porque puede usarse para obtener acceso local a capacidades elevadas, las cuales no son normalmente accesibles a una aplicación de terceros. Producto: Android. Versiones: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-29982686. Referencias: QC-CR#1055766.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-08-11 CVE Reserved
2017-01-12 CVE Published
2023-08-16 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-284: Improper Access Control

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94677	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html	2017-01-19

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				3.10 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "3.10"		-		Affected
Linux Search vendor "Linux"		Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel"				3.18 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version "3.18"		-		Affected