CVE-2016-4288

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

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.

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.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 8.4. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 8 years ago

2017-01-06 21:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2017-01-10 16:21:00

Affected Software

BlueStacks 2.1.3.5650

2.1.3.5650

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92426

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0124/

Exploit, Mitigation, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory

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