CVE-2016-8467

medium

Description

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.

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-01-01.html

https://securityintelligence.com/android-vulnerabilities-attacking-nexus-6-and-6p-custom-boot-modes/

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95250

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-13

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0002