CVE-2016-10341 Privilege escalation in All Qualcomm products

High 7.8 Published Updated

Third-party Trusted Execution Environments in Android have excessive privileges, allowing attackers to escalate permissions within the secure environment.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2016-10341?

CVE-2016-10341 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 13 Jun 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

In all Android releases from CAF using the Linux kernel, 3rd party TEEs have more privilege than intended.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10341?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10341?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-10341 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-10341 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10341 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8967-6fgg-224m.

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