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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:Jan 6, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Jan 6, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.00054
    CVSS Score:8.4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Bluestacks
    Product
    Bluestacks

    Exploits

    http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0124/http://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0124/

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High