CVE-2016-5856 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can exploit a flaw in the Qualcomm SPCom driver to gain elevated privileges on Android devices.
- 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-2016-5856?
CVE-2016-5856 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 12 Apr 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
Drivers/soc/qcom/spcom.c in the Qualcomm SPCom driver in the Android kernel 2017-03-05 allows local users to gain privileges, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5857.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-5856?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Google Android, Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2016-5856?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-5856 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-5856 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-5856 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jp4h-829h-5qxc.