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CVE-2016-4288

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.

Published

2017-01-06T21:59:01.150

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 8.4 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-275

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	bluestacks	bluestacks	2.1.3.5650	Yes

References

http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0124/ Exploit, Mitigation, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92426 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0124/ Exploit, Mitigation, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)