High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 12, 2017· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-6772
CVE-2016-6772
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Wi-Fi could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0. Android ID: A-31856351.
Affected products
10cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 9 more
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: Android-5.0.2
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
4- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94701nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detailnvd
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40945/nvd
News mentions
0No linked articles in our index yet.