GCVE Workshop - 22 September 2026 (14:00-18:00), Luxembourg Before The Vulnopticon Conference - Registration

GSD-2016-6492

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21
Details
The MT6573FDVT_SetRegHW function in camera_fdvt.c in the MediaTek driver for Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes an MT6573FDVTIOC_T_SET_FDCONF_CMD IOCTL call.
Aliases
Aliases

{
  "GSD": {
    "alias": "CVE-2016-6492",
    "description": "The MT6573FDVT_SetRegHW function in camera_fdvt.c in the MediaTek driver for Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes an MT6573FDVTIOC_T_SET_FDCONF_CMD IOCTL call.",
    "id": "GSD-2016-6492",
    "references": [
      "https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/cve/CVE-2016-6492"
    ]
  },
  "gsd": {
    "metadata": {
      "exploitCode": "unknown",
      "remediation": "unknown",
      "reportConfidence": "confirmed",
      "type": "vulnerability"
    },
    "osvSchema": {
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-6492"
      ],
      "details": "The MT6573FDVT_SetRegHW function in camera_fdvt.c in the MediaTek driver for Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes an MT6573FDVTIOC_T_SET_FDCONF_CMD IOCTL call.",
      "id": "GSD-2016-6492",
      "modified": "2023-12-13T01:21:23.413487Z",
      "schema_version": "1.4.0"
    }
  },
  "namespaces": {
    "cve.org": {
      "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org",
        "ID": "CVE-2016-6492",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
      },
      "affects": {
        "vendor": {
          "vendor_data": [
            {
              "product": {
                "product_data": [
                  {
                    "product_name": "n/a",
                    "version": {
                      "version_data": [
                        {
                          "version_value": "n/a"
                        }
                      ]
                    }
                  }
                ]
              },
              "vendor_name": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "data_format": "MITRE",
      "data_type": "CVE",
      "data_version": "4.0",
      "description": {
        "description_data": [
          {
            "lang": "eng",
            "value": "The MT6573FDVT_SetRegHW function in camera_fdvt.c in the MediaTek driver for Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes an MT6573FDVTIOC_T_SET_FDCONF_CMD IOCTL call."
          }
        ]
      },
      "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
          {
            "description": [
              {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "n/a"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      },
      "references": {
        "reference_data": [
          {
            "name": "92207",
            "refsource": "BID",
            "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92207"
          },
          {
            "name": "https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html",
            "refsource": "CONFIRM",
            "url": "https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "20160730 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in MediaTek Driver ( CVE-2016-6492)",
            "refsource": "BUGTRAQ",
            "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539058/100/0/threaded"
          },
          {
            "name": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138113/MediaTek-Driver-Privilege-Escalation.html",
            "refsource": "MISC",
            "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138113/MediaTek-Driver-Privilege-Escalation.html"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "nvd.nist.gov": {
      "configurations": {
        "CVE_data_version": "4.0",
        "nodes": [
          {
            "children": [],
            "cpe_match": [
              {
                "cpe23Uri": "cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe_name": [],
                "versionEndIncluding": "7.1.0",
                "vulnerable": true
              }
            ],
            "operator": "OR"
          }
        ]
      },
      "cve": {
        "CVE_data_meta": {
          "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org",
          "ID": "CVE-2016-6492"
        },
        "data_format": "MITRE",
        "data_type": "CVE",
        "data_version": "4.0",
        "description": {
          "description_data": [
            {
              "lang": "en",
              "value": "The MT6573FDVT_SetRegHW function in camera_fdvt.c in the MediaTek driver for Linux allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application that makes an MT6573FDVTIOC_T_SET_FDCONF_CMD IOCTL call."
            }
          ]
        },
        "problemtype": {
          "problemtype_data": [
            {
              "description": [
                {
                  "lang": "en",
                  "value": "CWE-264"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "references": {
          "reference_data": [
            {
              "name": "https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "tags": [
                "Vendor Advisory"
              ],
              "url": "https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "92207",
              "refsource": "BID",
              "tags": [
                "Third Party Advisory",
                "VDB Entry"
              ],
              "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92207"
            },
            {
              "name": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138113/MediaTek-Driver-Privilege-Escalation.html",
              "refsource": "MISC",
              "tags": [
                "Exploit",
                "Third Party Advisory",
                "VDB Entry"
              ],
              "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/138113/MediaTek-Driver-Privilege-Escalation.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "20160730 Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in MediaTek Driver ( CVE-2016-6492)",
              "refsource": "BUGTRAQ",
              "tags": [],
              "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539058/100/0/threaded"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "impact": {
        "baseMetricV2": {
          "cvssV2": {
            "accessComplexity": "MEDIUM",
            "accessVector": "NETWORK",
            "authentication": "NONE",
            "availabilityImpact": "COMPLETE",
            "baseScore": 9.3,
            "confidentialityImpact": "COMPLETE",
            "integrityImpact": "COMPLETE",
            "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
            "version": "2.0"
          },
          "exploitabilityScore": 8.6,
          "impactScore": 10.0,
          "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
          "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
          "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
          "severity": "HIGH",
          "userInteractionRequired": true
        },
        "baseMetricV3": {
          "cvssV3": {
            "attackComplexity": "LOW",
            "attackVector": "LOCAL",
            "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
            "baseScore": 7.8,
            "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
            "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
            "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
            "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
            "scope": "UNCHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
            "version": "3.0"
          },
          "exploitabilityScore": 1.8,
          "impactScore": 5.9
        }
      },
      "lastModifiedDate": "2018-10-09T20:00Z",
      "publishedDate": "2017-01-12T23:59Z"
    }
  }
}



Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.


Loading…

Loading…

Loading…

Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Loading…

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

Loading…

Loading…

Related by attack behaviour

Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.


Loading…