Vulnerability CVE-2016-8422

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-8422 (CCN-121138)

Assigned:

2016-10-05

Published:

2017-01-03

Updated:

2017-01-18

Summary:

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm bootloader could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. Product: Android. Versions: N/A. Android ID: A-31471220. References: QC-CR#979426.

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:N/UI:R/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: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

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-2016-8422

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
95241

Source: CCN
Type: BID-95241
Google Android Products Qualcomm Bootloader Multiple Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
android-cve20168422-priv-esc(121138)

Source: CCN
Type: Android Open Source Project
Android Security BulletinJanuary 2017

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 7.1.0)

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:google:nexus_6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:google:nexus_6p:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/h:google:pixel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

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