CVE-2016-2472 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver affecting Android devices, specifically the Nexus 7 (2013) before the 2016-06-01 security update. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into installing a crafted application. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability allows for significant impact, including high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise, though it requires user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog.
| 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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