CVE-2016-10277

moderate-risk
Published 2017-05-12

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Motorola bootloader could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the bootloader. 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: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-33840490.

Do I need to act?

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44.4% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 56% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
42601
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (6)

Technical Description http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98149
Patch https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42601/
Technical Description http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98149
Patch https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42601/
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 17/34 · Moderate
Exposure 7/34 · Low