7.0high
CVE-2016-6788
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek I2C driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code wit…
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.0
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.6%
percentile 48%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek I2C driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: N/A. Android ID: A-31224428. References: MT-ALPS02943467.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.59% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- Google Inc. Android
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
References
- source.android.com /security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/94687 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-6788
- NVD: CVE-2016-6788
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