CVE-2017-0790 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability found in the Broadcom Wi-Fi driver within the Android kernel. This flaw could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges on affected Android devices. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a significant risk. It can be exploited with low attack complexity over an adjacent network without user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is public exploit code available in common repositories like Metasploit or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has received minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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