PT-2017-8456 · Bluestacks · Bluestacks App Player

Published 2017-01-06 · Updated 2017-01-10 · CVE-2016-4288

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.4

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BlueStacks App Player (affected versions not specified)

Description A local privilege escalation issue exists due to weak permissions in a registry key created by the BlueStacks App Player installer. This allows users to execute arbitrary programs with SYSTEM privileges.

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

Exploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-275

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-4288

Affected Products

Bluestacks App Player

References · 4

• 🔥 http://talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0124 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-4288 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4288 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92426 · Note