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CVE-2016-3748

The sockets subsystem in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 allows attackers to bypass intended system-call restrictions via a crafted applicati…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.4
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.4%
percentile 31%
Public exploits
0
none known

The sockets subsystem in Android 6.x before 2016-07-01 allows attackers to bypass intended system-call restrictions via a crafted application that makes an ioctl call, aka internal bug 28171804.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.37% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.08.4CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

  • android.googlesource.com /platform/external/sepolicy/+/556bb0f55324e8839d7b735a0de9bc31028e839e · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • source.android.com /security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

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