PT-2016-5767 · Google · Android

Gengjia Chen + 1 · Published 2016-10-10 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2016-3940

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 2016-10-05

Description The issue allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application. This affects Nexus 6P and Android One devices.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2016-10-05, update to a version released after 2016-10-05 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-3940

Affected Products

Android

References · 4

• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3940 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3940 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93338 · Note