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CVE-2016-10277 json

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Motorola bootloader could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code wit…

published 9y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2016-1462

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
9.8%
EPSS 9.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • drbd SLE High Availability Extension 11 SP4 8.4.4-0.27.2.1
  • gfs2 SLE Real Time 11 SP4, SLE High Availability Extension 11 SP4 2-0.24.2.14
  • ocfs2 SLE Real Time 11 SP4, SLE High Availability Extension 11 SP4 1.6-0.28.3.4
  • drbd-kmp SLE Real Time 11 SP4, SLE High Availability Extension 11 SP4 8.4.4-0.27.2.13
  • kernel-ec2 SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4 3.0.101-108.7.1
  • kernel-pae SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4 3.0.101-108.7.1
  • kernel-xen SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4 3.0.101-108.7.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4 3.0.101-108.7.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:2389-1

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-42601)

Exploit prediction

9.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-42601 Motorola Bootloader - Kernel Cmdline Injection Secure Boot and Device Locking Bypass local, 2017-09-01

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Google Inc. Android

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
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References

Sources

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