CVE-2016-8466

HIGH

Android Kernel <3.18 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Broadcom Wi-Fi driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process and is mitigated by current platform configurations. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31822524. References: B-RB#105268.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95242

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0132
EPSS Percentile 68.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (3)
linux/linux_kernel 3.10
linux/linux_kernel 3.18
n/a/Android Kernel-3.10 Kernel-3.18 Android Kernel-3.10 Kernel-3.18
Published Jan 12, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026