Google Android Qualcomm Kyro L2 Driver CVE-2017-6423 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Google Android is prone to a privilege-escalation vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges within the context of the kernel.

This issue is being tracked by Android Bug ID A-32831370.

Information

Bugtraq ID: 97387
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2017-6423

Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 05 2017 12:00AM
Credit: The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable: Google Pixel XL 0
Google Pixel 0
Google Android 0

Not Vulnerable:

References:

• Android Homepage (Google)
  
• Android Security Bulletinâ??April 2017 (Android )
  

Source: www.securityfocus.com