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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 25, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-6705

CVE-2016-6705

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.

Affected products

3
  • Google/Android3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.0,<5.0.2
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: Android-5.0.2

Patches

0

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Vulnerability mechanics

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