An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the MediaTek thermal driver could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as High because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: N/A. Android ID: A-33939045. References: M-ALPS03149189.
Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.
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https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 | patch vendor advisory |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98159 | vdb entry |