CVE-2016-6704 in Android
Summary
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 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-30229821.
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Reservation
08/11/2016
Disclosure
11/25/2016
Status
Confirmed
Entries
VulDB provides additional information and datapoints for this CVE:
| ID | Vulnerability | CWE | Exp | Cou | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93442 | Google Android Mediaserver access control | 264 | Not defined | Official fix | CVE-2016-6704 |