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Vulnerability Details : CVE-2016-8458

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Synaptics touchscreen driver 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. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31968442.
Publish Date : 2017-01-12 Last Update Date : 2017-01-24
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- CVSS Scores & Vulnerability Types

CVSS Score
7.6
Confidentiality Impact Complete (There is total information disclosure, resulting in all system files being revealed.)
Integrity Impact Complete (There is a total compromise of system integrity. There is a complete loss of system protection, resulting in the entire system being compromised.)
Availability Impact Complete (There is a total shutdown of the affected resource. The attacker can render the resource completely unavailable.)
Access Complexity High (Specialized access conditions exist. It is hard to exploit and several special conditions must be satisfied to exploit)
Authentication Not required (Authentication is not required to exploit the vulnerability.)
Gained Access None
Vulnerability Type(s) Execute Code
CWE ID 264

- Products Affected By CVE-2016-8458

# Product Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language
1 OS Linux Linux Kernel 3.10 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities
2 OS Linux Linux Kernel 3.18 * * * Version Details Vulnerabilities

- Number Of Affected Versions By Product

Vendor Product Vulnerable Versions
Linux Linux Kernel 2

- References For CVE-2016-8458

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95279
BID 95279 Google Android Synaptics CVE-2016-8458 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Release Date:2017-01-06
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html CONFIRM

- Metasploit Modules Related To CVE-2016-8458

There are not any metasploit modules related to this CVE entry (Please visit www.metasploit.com for more information)
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