Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2016-3904 is an Android kernel privilege escalation issue in Qualcomm's bus driver. A malicious local app could gain kernel-level code execution, but the source states it first requires compromising a privileged process. Business concern is mainly older Android devices that missed the November 2016 security update. Exposure is most likely on legacy Qualcomm-based Android devices running Kernel-3.10 or Kernel-3.18 with security patch levels before 2016-11-05. Current supported Android devices are less likely exposed if OEM security updates were applied. Treat this as a high-priority legacy mobile exposure issue, not an internet-facing emergency. Focus on finding unpatched Android devices, especially unmanaged or end-of-life phones and tablets, then remove, update, or restrict them. Mitigation focus: Update affected Android devices to security patch level 2016-11-05 or later.; Verify OEM firmware includes the Android November 2016 security bulletin fixes.; Replace or isolate devices that cannot receive vendor security updates..
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- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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