CVE-2017-0386

HIGH

Android <7.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2017-0386. PoCs published by codecat007.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC demonstrates a heap overflow vulnerability in the Android Netlink implementation (CVE-2017-0386) by crafting malformed Netlink messages with oversized attributes. The exploit manipulates message lengths to trigger a buffer overflow, potentially leading to local privilege escalation.

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the libnl library could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally accessible to a third-party application. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1. Android ID: A-32255299.

Exploits (1)

github WORKING POC 8 stars
by codecat007 · cpoc
https://github.com/codecat007/cvehub/tree/main/android/securityPatch/CVE-2017-0386

This PoC demonstrates a heap overflow vulnerability in the Android Netlink implementation (CVE-2017-0386) by crafting malformed Netlink messages with oversized attributes. The exploit manipulates message lengths to trigger a buffer overflow, potentially leading to local privilege escalation.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Android (kernel Netlink implementation)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the Android device · Kernel with unpatched Netlink implementation
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 27, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95256

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 36.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (16)
google/android 5.0
google/android 5.0.1
google/android 5.0.2
google/android 5.1
google/android 5.1.0
google/android 5.1.1
google/android 6.0
google/android 6.0.1
google/android 7.0
google/android 7.1.0
... and 6 more
Published Jan 12, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026