PT-2017-8793 · Google · Android

Published 2017-03-20 · Updated 2017-05-11 · CVE-2016-5857

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 7.0

Description The issue allows local users to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel via a crafted application. This is related to the Qualcomm SPCom driver in Android.

Recommendations For versions prior to 7.0, update to version 7.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-5857

Affected Products

Android

References · 8

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5857 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5857 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5857 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5857 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5857 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01 · Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1037968 · Note