CVE-2016-6738 in Android
Summary
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm crypto engine driver in Android before 2016-11-05 could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Android ID: A-30034511. References: Qualcomm QC-CR#1050538.
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Reservation
08/11/2016
Disclosure
11/25/2016
Status
Confirmed
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VulDB provides additional information and datapoints for this CVE:
| ID | Vulnerability | CWE | Exp | Cou | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93492 | Google Android Qualcomm Crypto Engine Driver access control | 264 | Not defined | Official fix | CVE-2016-6738 |