CVE-2016-6705

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Mediaserver in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-11-01, and 7.0 before 2016-11-01…

published November 25, 2016

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
54.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Mediaserver in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 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-30907212.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00751 · 54.2th percentile
Published
2016-11-25T16:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 25 NOV 16:00Z
    An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Mediaserver in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-11-01, and 7.0 before 2016-11-01…
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