CVE-2016-6705 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2016-6705

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Mediaserver in Android 5.0.x...

7.8 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

Google Inc.

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Affected Software

Android

Vulnerable Versions:

Android-5.0.2, Android-5.1.1, Android-6.0, Android-6.0.1, Android-7.0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 25th, 2016

Last Modified: August 6th, 2024

Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.