PT-2017-1049 · Google+1 · Android+1

Chi Zhang + 5 · Published 2017-01-12 · Updated 2017-10-19 · CVE-2016-6789

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 Kernel-3.18

Description An elevation of privilege issue in the NVIDIA libomx library could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally accessible to a third-party application.

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

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00118

CVE-2016-6789

Affected Products

Android

Nvidia Libomx

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6789 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00118 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6789 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94678 · Note