PT-2017-1099

CVE-2016-8447

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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 MediaTek components, including the thermal driver and video 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.
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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