CVE-2016-6717 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Mediaserver component of Android versions 4.x through 7.0, prior to specific security updates. This vulnerability, rated Moderate, allows a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within a privileged process, but only after exploiting a separate vulnerability. The CVSS score is 7.0 (High), indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 4.0, < 4.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.0, < 5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.1, < 5.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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