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CVE-2016-3762

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3762 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Android versions 5.0.x, 5.1.x, and 6.x. A crafted application can exploit a flaw in the sockets subsystem, specifically with AF_MSM_IPC or other unrecognized socket classes, to gain elevated privileges. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant impact with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise, requiring user interaction but with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
31.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0039 is in the 30th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

android.googlesource.com / platform/external/sepolicy/+/abf0663ed884af7bc880a05e9529e6671eb58f39
source.android.com / security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
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