CVE-2016-6772

high-risk
Published 2017-01-12

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Wi-Fi could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0. Android ID: A-31856351.

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1.4% 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
40945
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (9)

Affected Vendors

Google

References (8)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94701
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=958
Vendor Advisory https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40945/
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94701
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=958
Vendor Advisory https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40945/
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 11/34 · Low
Exposure 15/34 · Moderate