CVE-2016-6707 EXPLOIT
7.8
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 4.2% (pctl 91)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 (HIGH, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 4.15% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-264 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2016-11-25 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| android |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Google Android - Inter-Process munmap with User-Controlled Size in android.graphics.Bitmap | 2016-12-06 |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94164
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=928
- https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2016/12/bitunmap-attacking-android-ashmem.html
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40874/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94164
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=928
- https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2016/12/bitunmap-attacking-android-ashmem.html
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40874/
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