Critical Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in MediaTek Driver Allows Arbitrary Code Execution

CVE-2016-8433 · HIGH Severity

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

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. Product: Android. Versions: N/A. Android ID: A-31750190. References: MT-ALPS02974192.

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