A vulnerability was found in Google Android (Smartphone Operating System) (affected version not known). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Synaptics Touchscreen Driver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Synaptics touchscreen driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 6P and Android One devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 30141991.

The weakness was shared 10/05/2016 with Qihoo 360 as Android Security Bulletin - October 2016 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). The advisory is available at source.android.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-3940 since 03/30/2016. Local access is required to approach this attack. A single authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/01/2019). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The entries 83735, 90675, 90618 and 90676 are related to this item.

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• Google

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• Android

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