CVE-2016-8394
HighSummary
CVE-2016-8394 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Synaptics touchscreen driver that could allow a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the kernel context. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process.
Risk Assessment
The risk to the organization is that malicious software could gain access to critical system resources, potentially leading to serious security breaches.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update the Android system to the latest version to minimize the risk associated with this vulnerability and to monitor applications running on the system.
Other vulnerabilities in Synaptics touchscreen driver
See all- CVE-2017-0581High
CVE-2017-0581 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Synaptics Touchscreen driver that allows a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the kernel context. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process.
- CVE-2017-0580High
CVE-2017-0580 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Synaptics Touchscreen 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.
- CVE-2017-0524High
CVE-2017-0524 describes an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Synaptics touchscreen 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.
- CVE-2017-0434High
CVE-2017-0434 describes an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Synaptics touchscreen driver that could allow a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the touchscreen chipset. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process.
- CVE-2017-0433High
CVE-2017-0433 describes an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Synaptics touchscreen driver that could allow a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the touchscreen chipset.
- CVE-2016-8458High
CVE-2016-8458 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Synaptics touchscreen driver that could allow a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the kernel context. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process.
- CVE-2016-8451High
CVE-2016-8451 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Synaptics touchscreen 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.
- CVE-2016-6743High
CVE-2016-6743 describes 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.
- CVE-2016-6742High
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.
Original NVD description (English source)
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Synaptics touchscreen 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-31913197.