High-Risk Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Android Bootloader Allows Arbitrary Modem Command Execution

CVE-2016-8467 · MEDIUM Severity

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

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the bootloader could enable a local attacker to execute arbitrary modem commands on the device. This issue is rated as High because it is a local permanent denial of service (device interoperability: completely permanent or requiring re-flashing the entire operating system). Product: Android. Versions: N/A. Android ID: A-30308784.

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