High severity8.4NVD Advisory· Published Jan 6, 2017· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-4288

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.

Affected products

BlueStacks/App Playerv5
Range: 2.1.3.5650

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0124/nvdExploitMitigationTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92426nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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