7.8high
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 be…
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.8
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.8%
percentile 55%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.75% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- Google Inc. Android
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
References
- source.android.com /security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/94134 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-6705
- NVD: CVE-2016-6705
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