CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-6742

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

CVE-2016-6742 is a vulnerability in the Synaptics touchscreen driver in Android before 2016-11-05, allowing a local malicious application to gain elevated privileges and execute arbitrary code within the kernel context. This issue is rated as High as it requires compromising a privileged process first.

Risk Assessment

The risk to the organization involves the potential execution of malicious code in the kernel, which could lead to full control over the device. This poses a risk of data leakage and system integrity breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Android to a version after 2016-11-05 to mitigate this vulnerability. Additionally, monitoring and restricting the installation of applications from unknown sources is advised.

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Original NVD description (English source)

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Synaptics touchscreen 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-30799828.

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