CVEs-PoC/2016/CVE-2016-6789.md

### [CVE-2016-6789](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6789)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Android&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=Kernel-3.18%20&color=brightgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=Elevation%20of%20privilege&color=brightgreen)

### Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the NVIDIA libomx library (libnvomx) could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally accessible to a third-party application. Product: Android. Versions: Kernel-3.18. Android ID: A-31251973. References: N-CVE-2016-6789.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4561

#### Github
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