CVE-2016-3906 Information disclosure in Android Kernel-3.10

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A local malicious application can access data outside its permission levels in Qualcomm Android components, requiring prior compromise of a privileged process.

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-2016-3906?

CVE-2016-3906 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 25 Nov 2016. 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

An information disclosure vulnerability in Qualcomm components including the GPU driver, power driver, SMSM Point-to-Point driver, and sound driver in Android before 2016-11-05 could enable a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Android ID: A-30445973. References: Qualcomm QC-CR#1054344.

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3906?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-3906?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-3906 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-3906 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3906 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-47h4-mxgv-jv43.

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