Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Android Kernel Filesystem Implementation

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Android Kernel Filesystem Implementation

CVE-2016-3775 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

The kernel filesystem implementation in Android before 2016-07-05 on Nexus 5X, Nexus 6, Nexus 6P, Nexus Player, and Pixel C devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28588279.

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