CVE-2016-3797 describes a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android, specifically on Nexus 5X devices, prior to the 2016-07-05 security update. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into installing a crafted application, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the CVSS score is high at 7.8, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| 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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