CVE-2016-3931 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Qualcomm QSEE Communicator driver (drivers/misc/qseecom.c) affecting Android devices including Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, and Android One, specifically in versions prior to 2016-10-05. This flaw allows an attacker to gain elevated privileges by tricking a user into installing a specially crafted application. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and 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 surrounding this CVE.
| 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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