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CVE-2016-6705

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Mediaserver in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-11-01, and 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain local access to elevated capabilities, which are not normally accessible to a third-party application. Android ID: A-30907212.

Published

2016-11-25T16:59:11.420

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	google	android	< 5.0.2	Yes
Operating System	google	android	< 5.1.1	Yes
Operating System	google	android	≤ 6.0.1	Yes
Operating System	google	android	7.0	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94134 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94134 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)