CVE-2016-6772 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Android's Wi-Fi component, affecting versions 5.0.2 through 7.0. A local malicious application could exploit this to execute arbitrary code within a privileged process. Rated as High severity with a CVSS score of 7.8, it requires initial compromise of a privileged process, making its attack complexity low but its impact high on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an ExploitDB entry exists for a related stack overflow, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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