CVE-2016-3930 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the NVIDIA MMC test driver in Android on Nexus 9 devices, specifically in versions prior to October 5, 2016. This flaw, identified as internal bug 28760138, allows an attacker to gain elevated privileges through a specially crafted application. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (HIGH), it has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction (UI:R), but can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| 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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