Exploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-8425. PoCs published by codecat007.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC exploits a race condition in the NVIDIA nvhost-vic driver (CVE-2016-8425) by rapidly opening and closing file descriptors via ioctl calls, leading to a use-after-free condition. The code demonstrates a local privilege escalation (LPE) by manipulating thread affinity and concurrent operations.
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA GPU driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10. Android ID: A-31797770. References: N-CVE-2016-8425.
Exploits (1)
This PoC exploits a race condition in the NVIDIA nvhost-vic driver (CVE-2016-8425) by rapidly opening and closing file descriptors via ioctl calls, leading to a use-after-free condition. The code demonstrates a local privilege escalation (LPE) by manipulating thread affinity and concurrent operations.
References (3)
Scores
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H