Google · Android · CVE-2017-0481
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Android versions 4.4.4 through 7.1.1
**Description**
An elevation of privilege issue in the NFC component could allow a proximate attacker 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. The vulnerability is related to insufficient access control in the NFC application of the Android operating system.
**Recommendations**
For Android versions 4.4.4 through 7.1.1, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.