SB2016100517 - Privilege Escalation in Google, Google Android
Published: October 5, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016100517
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Partial DoS
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Privilege Escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3922)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
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 Telephony 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.