### [CVE-2016-8399](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8399)
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![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=n%2Fa&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=Elevation%20of%20privilege&color=brighgreen)

### Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the kernel networking subsystem could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of the kernel. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process and current compiler optimizations restrict access to the vulnerable code. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.10, Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31349935.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/andrewwebber/kate