CVE-2016-6775

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 the NVIDIA GPU driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10. Android ID: A-31222873. References: N-CVE-2016-6775.

Una vulnerabilidad de elevación de privilegios en el controlador de NVIDIA GPU podría permitir a una aplicación local maliciosa ejecutar código arbitrario dentro del contexto del kernel. Este problema está calificado como Critical debido a la posibilidad de un compromiso de dispositivo permanente local, que puede requerir reflashing del sistema operativo para reparar el dispositivo. Producto: Android. Versiones: Kernel-3.10. Android ID: A-31222873. Referencias: N-CVE-2016-6775.

*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
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-284: Improper Access Control

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561	X_refsource_confirm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94674	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html	2017-10-19

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