CVE-2016-3769 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the NVIDIA video driver on Nexus 9 devices running Android versions prior to July 5, 2016. An attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to install a specially crafted application. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability allows for high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction but with low attack complexity. There is no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation 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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