CVE-2016-6742

EUVD-2016-7645
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Synaptics touchscreen 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-30799828.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 20%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
googleandroid
𝑥
≤ 7.0
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
android
artful
dne
bionic
dne
precise
dne
trusty
dne
xenial
ignored
yakkety
ignored
zesty
ignored
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94131
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94131
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html