Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Synaptics Touchscreen Driver on Nexus 6P and Android One Devices

Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Synaptics Touchscreen Driver on Nexus 6P and Android One Devices

CVE-2016-3940 · HIGH Severity

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The Synaptics touchscreen driver in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus 6P and Android One devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 30141991.

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