Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-6742 (CCN-119375)

Assigned:2016-11-17
Published:2016-11-17
Updated:2016-11-28
Summary:An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Synaptics touchscreen driver in Android before 2016-11-05 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. Android ID: A-30799828.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.8 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
7.8 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
6.8 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:9.3 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
6.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-264
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Privileges
References:Source: CCN
Type: Google Web site
Android

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-6742

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
94131

Source: CCN
Type: BID-94131
Google Nexus Synaptics Touchscreen Driver Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
android-cve20166742-priv-esc(119375)

Source: CCN
Type: Android Open Source Project
Android Security Bulletin—November 2016

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2016-6742

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 7.0)

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:google:android:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20166742000
    V
    		CVE-2016-6742 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - high.
    2016-11-25
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20166742000
    V
    		CVE-2016-6742 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - high.
    2016-11-25
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201667420000000
    V
    		CVE-2016-6742 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - high.
    2016-11-25
    BACK
    google android *
    google android 7.0