CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-8446

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek components, including the thermal driver and video 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.

Risk Assessment

The risk to the organization is the potential for arbitrary code execution in the kernel, which could lead to full control of the device by an attacker.

Recommendation

It is recommended to monitor and update Android systems and implement security measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in MediaTek components, including the thermal driver and video 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: N/A. Android ID: A-31747749. References: MT-ALPS02968909.

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