CVE-2016-4288

Summary

CVECVE-2016-4288
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-01-06 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-01-10 16:21:00 UTC
DescriptionA local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in BlueStacks App Player. The BlueStacks App Player installer creates a registry key with weak permissions that allows users to execute arbitrary programs with SYSTEM privileges.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-275

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Bluestacks Bluestacks 2.1.3.5650 All All All
Application Bluestacks Bluestacks 2.1.3.5650 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Cisco Talos - Talos 2016 0124 MISC www.talosintelligence.com Exploit, Mitigation, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
BlueStacks CVE-2016-4288 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Miscellaneous www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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