PT-2017-1211 · Linux+2 · Linux+2

Published 2017-01-12 · Updated 2026-05-13 · CVE-2016-6492

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 MediaTek driver versions (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the MT6573FDVT SetRegHW function of the camera fdvt.c driver for the MediaTek application in the Android operating system. This can be exploited by a remote attacker using a specially crafted application to elevate privileges. Additionally, the MT6573FDVT SetRegHW function in the MediaTek driver for Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes an MT6573FDVTIOC T SET FDCONF CMD IOCTL call.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00324

CVE-2016-6492

Affected Products

Android

Linux

Mediatek Driver

References · 13

• 🔥 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138113/MediaTek-Driver-Privilege-Escalation.html · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00324 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6492 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6492 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6492 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6492 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6492 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92207 · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/163319 · Telegram Post
• http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Aug/0 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/539058/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/539058/100/0/threaded · Note