What is CVE-2016-4288?

CVE-2016-4288 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bluestacks App Player, classified under Permission Issues. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2017-01-06.

How severe is CVE-2016-4288?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Bluestacks App Player

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 2017-01-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 46.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Bluestacks App Player — versions 2.1.3.5650
Bluestacks — versions 2.1.3.5650

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-275 — Permission Issues

References

www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0124/ (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92426 (Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4288?: CVE-2016-4288 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bluestacks App Player, classified under Permission Issues. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2017-01-06.
How severe is CVE-2016-4288?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.