PT-2017-1094 · Google · Android

Published 2017-01-12 · Updated 2017-01-18 · CVE-2016-8461

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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

Description An information disclosure issue in the bootloader could allow a local attacker to access data outside of its permission level. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to access sensitive data.

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

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00187

CVE-2016-8461

Affected Products

Android

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8461 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00187 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8461 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/95237 · Note