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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2016-4288

Original release date: 01/06/2017
Last revised: 01/10/2017
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in BlueStacks App Player. The BlueStacks App Player installer creates a registry key with weak permissions that allows users to execute arbitrary programs with SYSTEM privileges.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 3.0):
CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.4 High
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 2.5
CVSS Version 3 Metrics:
Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 HIGH
Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type: Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: Miscellaneous
Name: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92426
Type: Third Party Advisory; VDB Entry
Hyperlink: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92426
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0124/
Type: Exploit; Mitigation; Technical Description; Third Party Advisory
Hyperlink: http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0124/

Vulnerable software and versions

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* cpe:/a:bluestacks:bluestacks:2.1.3.5650

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Technical Details

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CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-4288

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