PT-2016-1840 · Google+1 · Android+1

Published 2016-05-09 · Updated 2017-10-19 · CVE-2016-2434

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 NVIDIA video driver versions prior to 2016-05-01

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the NVIDIA video driver for the Android operating system. It may allow a remote attacker to elevate their privileges using a specially crafted application. The estimated number of potentially affected devices is not specified.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2016-05-01, update the NVIDIA video driver to a version released after 2016-05-01 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the installation of applications from unknown sources to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01173

CVE-2016-2434

Affected Products

Android

Nvidia Video Driver

References · 9

• 🔥 https://github.com/jianqiangzhao/CVE-2016-2434 · Exploit
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2434 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01173 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2434 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2434 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2434 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2434 · Vendor Advisory
• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561 · Note