CVE-2016-4288

PoC —

CVSS 3.0

8.4 high

EPSS

<1%p47

Published

Jan 6, 2017 (Jan 6, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: bluestacks
Products: bluestacks
Weakness: CWE-275
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.6%)

In the news1 stories

Vulnerability Spotlight: BlueStacks App Player Privilege Escalation

Cisco TalosAug 11, 02:49 UTC · Aug 11, 2016Vulnerability CVE-2016-4288