CVE-2016-3940
HIGHSynaptics touchscreen - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
The Synaptics touchscreen driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 6P and Android One devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 30141991.
Exploits (1)
github
WORKING POC
8 stars
by codecat007 · cpoc
https://github.com/codecat007/cvehub/tree/main/android/kernel/cve-2016-3940
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0004
EPSS Percentile
13.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (1)
google/android
< 7.0
Published
Oct 10, 2016
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026