CVE-2016-8481

Severity Score

7.0

*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 Qualcomm sound driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31906415. References: QC-CR#1078000.

Una vulnerabilidad de elevación de privilegio en el controlador de sonido Qualcomm podría habilitar a una aplicación local maliciosa ejecutar código arbitrario dentro del contexto del kernel. Este problema se califica como High porque primero requiere comprometer un proceso privilegiado. Producto: Android. Versiones: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31906415. Referencias: QC-CR#1078000.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-10-05 CVE Reserved
2017-02-08 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96053	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037798	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-02-01.html	2017-07-25

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Google Search vendor "Google"		Android Search vendor "Google" for product "Android"				<= 7.1.1 Search vendor "Google" for product "Android" and version " <= 7.1.1"		-		Affected
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