CVE-2015-8938 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the MSM camera driver within Qualcomm components on Android, specifically affecting Nexus 6 devices. The flaw stems from insufficient input parameter validation, allowing a crafted application to gain elevated privileges. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable via a local attack requiring user interaction, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known public exploit code, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates, and it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low likelihood of active exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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