CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-10291

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

CVE-2016-10291 describes an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm Slimbus driver that allows a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the kernel context. This issue is rated as High because it requires compromising a privileged process first.

Risk Assessment

The risk to the organization involves the potential for malicious code execution within the system kernel, which could lead to full control over the device. The high risk is due to the requirement of first compromising a privileged process.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Android system to the latest version to mitigate the risk associated with this vulnerability. Additionally, monitoring and restricting access to privileged applications is advised.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm Slimbus driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10. Android ID: A-34030871. References: QC-CR#986837.

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