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CVE-2016-6707

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6707 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the System Server of Android 6.x and 7.0, allowing a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within a privileged process. Rated High with a CVSS score of 7.8, it requires user interaction (UI:R) and could lead to significant compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation is confirmed (KEV: No), a public exploit (EDB-40874) exists, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.0, <= 6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-40874 · Dec 6, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0415 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

bugs.chromium.org / p/project-zero/issues/detail
Third Party Advisory
googleprojectzero.blogspot.com / 2016/12/bitunmap-attacking-android-ashmem.html
Third Party Advisory
source.android.com / security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/40874
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/94164
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry