7.8high
CVE-2016-6762
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the libziparchive library could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code w…
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 56%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the libziparchive library 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. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0. Android ID: A-31251826.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.79% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% 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 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- Google Inc. Android
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
References
- source.android.com /security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/94700 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-6762
- NVD: CVE-2016-6762
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