PT-2017-1050

CVE-2016-6788

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Published

2017-01-12

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Updated

2017-01-18

Description by

CVSS 2.0
7.6
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android (affected versions not specified)
Description An elevation of privilege issue in the MediaTek I2C driver could allow 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. The vulnerability is related to insufficient access control in the driver.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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Weakness enumeration
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