CVE-2016-5856 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Qualcomm SPCom driver (Drivers/soc/qcom/spcom.c) in the Android kernel. A successful exploit could allow a local user to gain elevated privileges on affected Google Android and Linux kernel systems. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.0 (HIGH), this vulnerability requires user interaction and high attack complexity, but could lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 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:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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