CVE-2016-8460 : An information disclosure vulnerability in the NVIDIA video driver could enable

An information disclosure vulnerability in the NVIDIA video driver could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to access sensitive data without explicit user permission. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10. Android ID: A-31668540. References: N-CVE-2016-8460.

Published 2017-01-12 20:59:01

Updated 2017-01-18 02:59:16

Source Android (associated with Google Inc. or Open Handset Alliance)

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Vulnerability category: Information leak

Products affected by CVE-2016-8460

Linux » Linux Kernel » Version: 3.10
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Threat overview for CVE-2016-8460

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Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 49152

IPs affected by CVE-2016-8460 472

Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-8460

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0.23%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 42 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2016-8460

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
4.3	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P	8.6	2.9	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Medium Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: None Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: Partial
5.5	MEDIUM	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	1.8	3.6	NIST
Attack Vector: Local Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: None User Interaction: Required Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: High Integrity: None Availability: None

CWE ids for CVE-2016-8460

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2016-8460

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html

Android Security Bulletin—January 2017 | Android Open Source Project
Vendor Advisory

CVEs referencing this url
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95249

Google Android NVIDIA Video Driver CVE-2016-8460 Information Disclosure Vulnerability