Field Assessment
AI analysis pending.
CVE
CVE-2016-6729
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.64%
Android
Original Filing — NVD Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Qualcomm bootloader in Android before 2016-11-05 could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. 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. Android ID: A-30977990. References: Qualcomm QC-CR#977684.