Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in MediaTek Hardware Sensor Driver on Android One Devices

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in MediaTek Hardware Sensor Driver on Android One Devices

CVE-2016-3798 · HIGH Severity

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

The MediaTek hardware sensor driver in Android before 2016-07-05 on Android One devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka Android internal bug 28174490 and MediaTek internal bug ALPS02703105.

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