CVE-2016-6707

moderate-risk
Published 2016-11-25

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in System Server in Android 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-31350622.

Do I need to act?

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1.5% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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1 public exploit available
40874
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (2)

Affected Vendors

Google

References (10)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94164
Third Party Advisory https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=928
Third Party Advisory https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2016/12/bitunmap-attacking-android-ashmem...
Vendor Advisory https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40874/
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94164
Third Party Advisory https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=928
Third Party Advisory https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2016/12/bitunmap-attacking-android-ashmem...
Vendor Advisory https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
Exploit https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40874/
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moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 11/34 · Low
Exposure 7/34 · Low