VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-8468

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Binder could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process.

HIGH 7.0EPSS 1.30%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Binder could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process and is mitigated by current platform configurations. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-32394425.

CVSS 3.0: 7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 1.30% probability · 69th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-264
Affected: linux/linux kernel
Source: security@android.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.