SB2016100516 - Privilege Escalation in Google, Google Android
Published: October 5, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016100516
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Privilege Escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3921)
The vulnerability allows a local application to obtain elevated privileges on the target system
The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of user-supplied input by the Framework Listener service of the affected software. By tricking the victim to follow a malicious link or open a malicious file attackers can compromise a privileged process and cause arbitrary code execution.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will result in privilege escalation on the vulnerable system.Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.