CVE-2016-4288
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in BlueStacks App Player.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.60%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in BlueStacks App Player. The BlueStacks App Player installer creates a registry key with weak permissions that allows users to execute arbitrary programs with SYSTEM privileges.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.4 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.60% probability · 48th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-275
- Affected
- bluestacks/bluestacks
- Source
- cret@cert.org
EPSS 0.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0124/Exploit, Mitigation, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92426Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0124/Exploit, Mitigation, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.