CVE-2017-0565

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek thermal driver, which could allow a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. The vulnerability is associated with inadequate access control in the MediaTek thermal driver, potentially allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the kernel context using a special application.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.