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The vulnerability of the Android operating system, which allows a hacker to increase their privileges
The vulnerability of the MediaTek misc-sd driver for the Android operating system is related to deficiencies in access control. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to enhance their privileges through a specially created application...
CVE-2015-6637
The CVE-2015-6637 issue is an elevation of privilege in the MediaTek misc-sd kernel driver used by Android prior to 5.1.1 LMY49F and 6.0 prior to 2016-01-01. A crafted application could exploit the driver to execute code with kernel privileges. Public sources describe it as a local privilege esca...