CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-3904

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

CVE-2016-3904 is a vulnerability in the Qualcomm bus driver in Android before 2016-11-05 that allows a local malicious application to gain elevated privileges and 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 execution of malicious code in the system kernel, which could lead to full control over the device. The high risk associated with compromising privileged processes may result in serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Android to a version after 2016-11-05 to mitigate this vulnerability. Additionally, monitoring and restricting access to applications from unknown sources can help minimize risk.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm bus driver 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 High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Android ID: A-30311977. References: Qualcomm QC-CR#1050455.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS