CVE-2016-8399: google inc. android Improper Access Control
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-8399 is a high (CVSS 7.6) Improper Access Control vulnerability in google inc. android. EPSS estimates a 2.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 16 · Related 9Timeline
- 12-01-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel networking subsystem could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process and current compiler optimizations restrict access to the vulnerable code. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31349935.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 4 sources · 3 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.0HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.0HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.0HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
2.34%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
84%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 2.34% on 05-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, no authentication, user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat22 products
- kernel< 0:2.6.32-573.41.1.el6
- kernel-abi-whitelists< 0:2.6.32-573.41.1.el6
- kernel-bootwrapper< 0:2.6.32-573.41.1.el6
- kernel-debug< 0:2.6.32-573.41.1.el6
- kernel-debug-debuginfo< 0:2.6.32-573.41.1.el6
Ubuntu6 products
- linux< 4.4.0-62.83
- linux-aws< 4.4.0-1003.12
- linux-hwe< 4.8.0-39.42~16.04.1
- linux-lts-xenial< 4.4.0-62.83~14.04.1
- linux-raspi2< 4.4.0-1042.49
Debian1 product
- linux< 4.8.15-1
Google inc.1 product
- androidKernel-3.10 | Kernel-3.18
Linux1 product
- linux_kernel≥ 3.19, < 4.1.37 | ≥ 4.2, < 4.4.38 | ≥ 4.5, < 4.8.14
5 vendors · 31 products
References
19 links- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0869Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource REDHATThird Party AdvisoryAdvisory
- support.f5.com/csp/article/K23030550?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSSX Refsource CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
