PT-2017-1235 · Google · Android

Published 2017-01-12 · Updated 2017-01-18 · CVE-2016-6756

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18

Description An information disclosure issue in Qualcomm components, including the camera driver and video driver, could allow a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process.

Recommendations For Android versions Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18, consider restricting access to sensitive data until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the camera driver and video driver until a patch is available.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00348

CVE-2016-6756

Affected Products

Android

References · 5

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00348 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6756 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6756 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94693 · Note