CVE-2016-6707 : An elevation of privilege vulnerability in System Server in Android 6.x before 2016-11-01 and 7.0 before 2016-11-01 coul

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.

Published 2016-11-25 16:59:13

Updated 2019-03-07 19:25:06

Source Android (associated with Google Inc. or Open Handset Alliance)

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Vulnerability category: Execute codeGain privilege

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-6707

EPSS FAQ

0.52%

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History

~ 74 %

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2016-6707

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
9.3	HIGH	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C	8.6	10.0	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Medium Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: Complete Integrity Impact: Complete Availability Impact: Complete
7.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	1.8	5.9	NIST
Attack Vector: Local Attack Complexity: Low Privileges Required: None User Interaction: Required Scope: Unchanged Confidentiality: High Integrity: High Availability: High

References for CVE-2016-6707

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40874/

Google Android - Inter-Process munmap with User-Controlled Size in android.graphics.Bitmap
Exploit;Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94164

Google Android System Server CVE-2016-6707 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Third Party Advisory;VDB Entry
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=928

928 - Android: inter-process munmap with user-controlled size in android.graphics.Bitmap - project-zero - Monorail
Third Party Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

Android Security Bulletin—November 2016 | Android Open Source Project
Vendor Advisory

CVEs referencing this url
https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2016/12/bitunmap-attacking-android-ashmem.html

Project Zero: BitUnmap: Attacking Android Ashmem
Third Party Advisory

Products affected by CVE-2016-6707

Google » Android
Versions from including (>=) 6.0 and up to, including, (<=) 6.0.1
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions
Google » Android » Version: 7.0
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Matching versions

Vulnerability Details : CVE-2016-6707

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-6707

CVSS scores for CVE-2016-6707

CWE ids for CVE-2016-6707

References for CVE-2016-6707

Products affected by CVE-2016-6707