PT-2017-1026 · Google · Android

Published 2017-01-12 · Updated 2017-01-18 · CVE-2016-8468

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.6

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions Kernel-3.18

Description An elevation of privilege issue in the Binder component could allow a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is mitigated by current platform configurations and requires compromising a privileged process first. The issue is related to insufficient access control in the Binder application configuration, which could potentially be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For Android version Kernel-3.18, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00061

CVE-2016-8468

Affected Products

Android

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8468 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00061 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8468 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/95285 · Note