PT-2016-1835 · Google+1 · Android+1

Jianqiang Zhao + 2 · Published 2016-05-09 · Updated 2016-08-18 · CVE-2016-2442

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 2016-05-01

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the Qualcomm buspm driver of the Android operating system. It allows a remote attacker to elevate their privileges using a specially crafted application.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2016-05-01, update the operating system to a version released after 2016-05-01 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01168

CVE-2016-2442

Affected Products

Android

Qualcomm Buspm Driver

References · 8

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2442 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01168 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2442 · Vendor Advisory
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2442 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2442 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2442 · Security Note
• https://codeaurora.org/issues-tsc-tspp2-and-buspm-drivers-cve-2015-0573-cve-2016-2441-cve-2016-2442 · Note