High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 25, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-6707
CVE-2016-6707
Description
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.
Affected products
3Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
5- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40874/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94164nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detailnvdThird Party Advisory
- googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2016/12/bitunmap-attacking-android-ashmem.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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