CVE-2016-10457 Privilege escalation in Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wear
An application requests excessive permissions, potentially allowing privilege escalation on Qualcomm Snapdragon devices running Android.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-10457?
CVE-2016-10457 is a critical vulnerability in Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, published on 18 Apr 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Android before 2018-04-05 or earlier security patch level on Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile and Snapdragon Wear MDM9206, MDM9607, MDM9650, MSM8909W, SD 210/SD 212/SD 205, SD 400, SD 410/12, SD 425, SD 430, SD 450, SD 615/16/SD 415, SD 617, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 800, SD 808, SD 810, SD 820, SD 835, and SDX20, app is requesting more permissions than required.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10457?
It affects 26 products.
Products include Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9607 Firmware, Qualcomm Mdm9650 Firmware, Qualcomm Msm8909w Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 205 Firmware, Qualcomm Sd 210 Firmware and 20 more.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10457?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-10457 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-10457 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10457 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Mdm9206 Firmware
- CVE-2016-10394 Improper Authentication in Core
- CVE-2019-10522 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon IoT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables
- CVE-2019-10528 Use after free in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables
- CVE-2019-10533 Memory corruption in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables
- CVE-2019-10534 Null dereference in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Voice & Music, Snapdragon Wearables
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p4q6-3fqf-9jxp.