CVE-2016-3851
Published on: 08/05/2016 12:00:00 AM UTC
Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:27:03 PM UTC
Certain versions of Android from Google contain the following vulnerability:
The LG Electronics bootloader Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus 5X devices allows attackers to gain privileges by leveraging access to a privileged process, aka internal bug 29189941.
- CVE-2016-3851 has been assigned by
[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as HIGH severity.
CVSS3 Score: 8.1 - HIGH
Attack Vector ⓘ |
Attack Complexity |
Privileges Required |
User Interaction |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
NETWORK | HIGH | NONE | NONE | |
Scope | Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
|
UNCHANGED | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH |
CVSS2 Score: 9.3 - HIGH
Access Vector ⓘ |
Access Complexity |
Authentication |
---|---|---|
NETWORK | MEDIUM | NONE |
Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
COMPLETE | COMPLETE | COMPLETE |
CVE References
Description | Tags ⓘ | Link |
---|---|---|
Google Nexus LG Electronics Bootloader CVE-2016-3851 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability | cve.report (archive) text/html |
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Android Security Bulletin—August 2016 | Android Open Source Project | Patch Vendor Advisory source.android.com text/html |
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Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
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Operating System | Android | All | All | All | All |
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE