CVE-2016-10277
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Motorola bootloader could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the bootloader.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 9.8%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Motorola bootloader could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the bootloader. 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. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-33840490.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 9.76% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 1 September 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- security@android.com
EPSS moved from 16.7% on 21 September 2026 to 9.8% on 26 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98149Technical Description, VDB Entry
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42601/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98149Technical Description, VDB Entry
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42601/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.