Privilege Escalation in Google Android - CVE-2016-3911
Published: October 5, 2016 / Updated: October 5, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU745
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3911
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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 Zygote process of the affected software. By tricking the victim to follow a malicious link or open a malicious file attackers can gain elevated privileges and cause the application to execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will result in privilege escalation on the vulnerable system.Affected software
Google Android
How to mitigate CVE-2016-3911
Update to version 7.1.