CVE-2017-0446 is a high-severity elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting the HTC touchscreen driver in Android devices running Kernel-3.18. A local malicious application could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges. The attack requires user interaction and a compromised privileged process, making it complex to exploit, but the potential impact includes full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known exploit code available, nor is it being actively exploited, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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