7.8
HIGH
CVE-2016-10277
Motorola Android Bootloader Privilege Escalation
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

May 12, 2017, 3:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 6, 2017, 1:29 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-10277 has a 12 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-10277 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Google android
1 Linux linux_kernel
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2016-10277.

URL Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98149 Technical Description VDB Entry
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42601/

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago
6 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 25, 2023, 10:40 a.m. This repo has been linked 178 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year, 8 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Jan. 11, 2023, 1:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 1042 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 week, 6 days ago
230 stars 36 fork 36 watcher
Born at : Sept. 1, 2021, 8:26 a.m. This repo has been linked 23 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
13 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : May 25, 2020, 7:51 a.m. This repo has been linked 1027 different CVEs too.

Exploiting CVE-2016-10277 for Secure Boot and Device Locking bypass

Shell

Updated: 3 months, 4 weeks ago
4 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : Feb. 4, 2019, 9:12 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

A bunch of links related to Linux kernel exploitation

Updated: 7 months, 2 weeks ago
21 stars 4 fork 4 watcher
Born at : Aug. 8, 2018, 8 a.m. This repo has been linked 65 different CVEs too.

Not ready yet

Updated: 4 years ago
4 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : April 29, 2018, 3:43 p.m. This repo has been linked 64 different CVEs too.

None

Shell

Updated: 7 months, 4 weeks ago
42 stars 8 fork 8 watcher
Born at : Dec. 31, 2017, 6:07 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

None

Python

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
9 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : Aug. 30, 2017, 2:37 p.m. This repo has been linked 1269 different CVEs too.

Motorola Untethered Jailbreak: Exploiting CVE-2016-10277 for Secure Boot and Device Locking bypass

Shell

Updated: 1 month ago
66 stars 18 fork 18 watcher
Born at : June 6, 2017, noon This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

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awesome cve poc

Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago
3289 stars 678 fork 678 watcher
Born at : Feb. 2, 2017, 6:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 1042 different CVEs too.

A collection of links related to Linux kernel security and exploitation

linux-kernel kernel-exploitation exploit privilege-escalation security

Updated: 1 week, 5 days ago
5527 stars 902 fork 902 watcher
Born at : Nov. 13, 2016, 10:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 225 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-10277 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-10277 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 06, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42601/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98149 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98149 Technical Description, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 No Types Assigned https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-264
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 16, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98149 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-10277 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-10277 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.18 }} 0.04%

score

0.55597

percentile

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