PT-2016-2542 · Lg Electronics · Android

Published 2016-08-05 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2016-3851

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 LG Electronics bootloader Android versions prior to 2016-08-05

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the LG Electronics Android operating system bootloader, which can be exploited by a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges by leveraging access to a privileged process.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2016-08-05, update the bootloader to a version released after 2016-08-05 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01933

CVE-2016-3851

Affected Products

Android

References · 5

• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01933 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3851 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3851 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92251 · Note