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CVE-2016-4288 (GCVE-0-2016-4288)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-06 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 00:25
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
8.4 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • unspecified
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
BlueStacks App Player Affected: 2.1.3.5650
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Date Public
2016-08-04 00:00
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