{"id":"CVE-2016-4288","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-4288","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:48:53.894Z","title":"A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in BlueStacks App Player.","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.","published":"2017-01-06T21:59:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:47:18.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cret@cert.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.4,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-275"],"affected":["bluestacks/bluestacks"],"epss":{"score":0.006,"percentile":0.4843,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0124/","tags":["Exploit","Mitigation","Technical Description","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cret@cert.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92426","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"nvd@nist.gov"},{"url":"http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0124/","tags":["Exploit","Mitigation","Technical Description","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4288","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}