CVE-2016-6729 — Google Android vulnerability

CWE-2644 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 88.98%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Google AndroidGoogle INC Android
Timeline
PublishedNov 25
Latest updateMay 17

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm bootloader in Android before 2016-11-05 could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. Android ID: A-30977990. References: Qualcomm QC-CR#977684.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDgoogle/android7.1.0+1
▶CVEListV5google_inc/androidKernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18+1

Patches

Patch: source.android.com ↗Patch: source.android.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-cffq-2jw7-wg8x: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm bootloader in Android before 2016-11-05 could enable a local malicious application to execute↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-6729: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm bootloader in Android before 2016-11-05 could enable a local malicious application to execute↗2016-11-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Android
CVE-2016-6729: Android Security Bulletin 2016-11-01 CVE: CVE-2016-6729 Severity: CRITICAL References: A-30977990* QC-CR#977684↗2016-11-01
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