PT-2017-1056 · Google · Android

Published 2017-01-12 · Updated 2017-01-19 · CVE-2016-6779

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-3.10

Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the HTC sound codec driver, which is due to inadequate access control. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel, but it first requires compromising a privileged process. The issue is rated as high.

Recommendations For Android versions Kernel-3.10, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00125

CVE-2016-6779

Affected Products

Android

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6779 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6779 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00125 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94675 · Note