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CVE-2016-6492

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6492 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Google Android devices utilizing the MediaTek driver. A crafted application can exploit the MT6573FDVT_SetRegHW function through a specific IOCTL call, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While rated as high severity (CVSS 7.8), there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 7.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0113 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-6492Important

kernel: privilege escalation flaw in mediatek driver

Jul 30, 2016

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/138113/MediaTek-Driver-Privilege-Escalation.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
source.android.com / security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/539058/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/92207
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry