CVE-2016-8447 - CVE Vulnerability

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek components, including the thermal driver and video 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: N/A. Android ID: A-31749463. References: MT-ALPS02968886. (CVSS:7.6) (Last Update:2017-01-17)

Vulnerability Details : An elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek components, including the thermal driver and video 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: N/A. Android ID: A-31749463. References: MT-ALPS02968886. Publish Date : 2017-01-12 Last Update Date : 2017-01-17 - CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types CVSS Score 7.6 Confidentiality Impact Complete(There is total information disclosure, resulting in all system files being revealed.) Integrity Impact Complete(There is a total compromise of system integrity. There is a complete loss of system protection, resulting in the entire system being compromised.) Availability Impact Complete(There is a total shutdown of the affected resource. The attacker can render the resource completely unavailable.) Access Complexity High(Specialized access conditions exist. It is hard to exploit and several special conditions must be satisfied to exploit) Authentication Not required(Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.) Gained Access None Vulnerability Type(s) Execute Code CWE ID 264 - Products Affected By CVE-2016-8447 # Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language 1 OS Google Android 7.1.0 Version Details Vulnerabilities - Number Of Affected Versions By Product Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions Google Android 1 - References For CVE-2016-8447 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95229 BID 95229 Google Android MediaTek Components Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities Release Date:2017-01-05 https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html CONFIRM

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