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CVE-2016-4288

Published: Jan 06, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
8.4
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4288
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/275.html

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Bluestacks Bluestacks 2.1.3.5650 (including) 2.1.3.5650 (including)

References

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