7.8
HIGH
CVE-2016-2435
NVIDIA Android Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description

The NVIDIA video driver in Android before 2016-05-01 on Nexus 9 devices allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka internal bug 27297988.

INFO

Published Date :

May 9, 2016, 10:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:48 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-2435 has a 6 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-2016-2435 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
2 Google nexus_9
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-2016-2435.

URL Resource
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html Patch Vendor Advisory

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: 1 month ago
7 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 25, 2023, 10:40 a.m. This repo has been linked 178 different CVEs too.

A bunch of links related to Linux kernel exploitation

Updated: 10 months, 4 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, 4 months 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.

Great article related to Linux kernel fuzzing and exploitation

Updated: 9 months, 1 week ago
9 stars 2 fork 2 watcher
Born at : July 10, 2017, 6 p.m. This repo has been linked 54 different CVEs too.

A collection of links related to Linux kernel security and exploitation

linux-kernel kernel-exploitation exploit privilege-escalation security

Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago
5658 stars 912 fork 912 watcher
Born at : Nov. 13, 2016, 10:21 p.m. This repo has been linked 239 different CVEs too.

This project contains pocs and exploits for vulneribilities I found (mostly)

Makefile C Assembly Python Shell HTML CMake Batchfile Meson Roff

Updated: 3 weeks, 2 days ago
754 stars 200 fork 200 watcher
Born at : Sept. 7, 2016, 12:05 p.m. This repo has been linked 144 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-2016-2435 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-2435 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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    May. 09, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 AND OR cpe:2.3:h:google:nexus_9:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    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://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html No Types Assigned http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html Advisory, Patch
    Added CWE CWE-264
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 09, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
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-2016-2435 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-2016-2435 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.06 }} 0.00%

score

0.23745

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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