CVE-2016-3868 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Qualcomm power driver affecting Android devices, specifically Nexus 5X and 6P, prior to the 2016-09-05 security update. An attacker could exploit this flaw by tricking a user into installing a specially crafted application, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high CVSS score of 7.8, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.0CPE 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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