8.4high
CVE-2016-4288
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in BlueStacks App Player.
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
8.4
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.6%
percentile 49%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in BlueStacks App Player. The BlueStacks App Player installer creates a registry key with weak permissions that allows users to execute arbitrary programs with SYSTEM privileges.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.60% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 8.4 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- BlueStacks App Player
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-275 Permission Issues
References
- talosintelligence.com /reports/TALOS-2016-0124/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/92426 · Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-4288
- NVD: CVE-2016-4288
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