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CVE-2016-3762 Details

Description

The sockets subsystem in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application that uses (1) the AF_MSM_IPC socket class or (2) another socket class that is unrecognized by SELinux, aka internal bug 28612709.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/sepolicy/+/abf0663ed884af7bc880a05e9529e6671eb58f39	CVE
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/sepolicy/+/abf0663ed884af7bc880a05e9529e6671eb58f39	[email protected]
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
google android	5.0 5.0.1 5.1 5.1.0 6.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 12, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Jul 11, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]