PT-2017-1060 · Nvidia+1 · Nvidia Gpu Driver+1

Published 2017-01-12 · Updated 2017-10-19 · CVE-2016-6775

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-3.10

Description An elevation of privilege issue in the NVIDIA GPU driver could allow a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. The vulnerability is related to inadequate access control in the NVIDIA GPU driver.

Recommendations For Android version Kernel-3.10, 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:2017-00129

CVE-2016-6775

Affected Products

Android

Nvidia Gpu Driver

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6775 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6775 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00129 · Security Note
• http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94674 · Note