CVE-2016-8472 — Sensitive Information Exposure in Google Android

CWE-200 — Sensitive Information Exposure3 documents3 sources
Severity
4.7MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 78.08%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Google AndroidGoogle INC Android
Timeline
PublishedJan 12
Latest updateMay 17

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability in the MediaTek driver could enable 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. Product: Android. Versions: N/A. Android ID: A-31531758. References: MT-ALPS02961384.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.0 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDgoogle/android7.1.0
▶CVEListV5google_inc/androidn/a

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

1
GHSA
GHSA-8q9h-49m6-wq58: An information disclosure vulnerability in the MediaTek driver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission lev↗2022-05-17
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Android
CVE-2016-8472: Android Security Bulletin 2017-01-01 CVE: CVE-2016-8472 Severity: MEDIUM References: A-31531758* MT-ALPS02961384↗2017-01-01
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