CVE-2016-6706

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in libstagefright in Mediaserver in Android 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-31385713.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 9.3 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

9.3^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94134
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/av/+/1d4feebdb85db46e138530f360d9ff2490e14353	Issue Tracking Patch
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2016-12-13 19:59

Updated : 2016-12-15 03:00

NVD link : CVE-2016-6706

Mitre link : CVE-2016-6706

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-6706

JSON object : View

Products Affected

google

android

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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