PT-2016-7064 · Google · Android

Wish Wu · Published 2016-11-25 · Updated 2019-03-05 · CVE-2016-6704

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 4.x through 4.4.3 Android versions 5.0.x through 5.0.1 Android versions 5.1.x through 5.1.0 Android versions 6.x before 2016-11-01 Android versions 7.0 before 2016-11-01

Description An elevation of privilege issue in Mediaserver could allow a local malicious application 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.

Recommendations For Android versions 4.x through 4.4.3, update to version 4.4.4 or later. For Android versions 5.0.x through 5.0.1, update to version 5.0.2 or later. For Android versions 5.1.x through 5.1.0, update to version 5.1.1 or later. For Android versions 6.x before 2016-11-01, apply the November 2016 security patch or later. For Android versions 7.0 before 2016-11-01, apply the November 2016 security patch or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-6704

Affected Products

Android

References · 8

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6704 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6704 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6704 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6704 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6704 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94134 · Note