CVE-2016-5856 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Drivers/soc/qcom/spcom.c in the Qualcomm SPCom driver in the Android kernel 2017-03-05 allows local users to gain privileges, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5857.

Published: 2017-04-12

Score: 7.0 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-6790	Drivers/soc/qcom/spcom.c in the Qualcomm SPCom driver in the Android kernel 2017-03-05 allows local users to gain privileges, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5857.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0005.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01
https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/kernel/msm-4.4/commit/?id=0c0622914ba53cdcb6e79e85f64bfdf7762c0368

History

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Subscriptions

Google Android

Linux Linux Kernel

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-04-12T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:15:10.791Z

Reserved: 2016-06-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5856

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-12T22:59:00.677

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-5856

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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