CVE-2016-3768 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Qualcomm performance component in specific Android Nexus devices (5, 6, 5X, 6P, and 7 (2013)) prior to the 2016-07-05 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, requiring user interaction for exploitation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| 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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