CVE-2016-6728 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2016-6728 PUBLISHED

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel ION subsystem 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 Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. Android ID: A-30400942.

EPSS 0.11% · 28.9th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.11%

28.9th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	android	0, 20150818-1500-0ubuntu2, 20150818-1500-0ubuntu3

Timeline

Nov 8, 2016 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6728 third-party-advisory
https://www.vusec.net/projects/drammer/ third-party-advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6728 third-party-advisory

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