PT-2016-7081 · Google · Android

Published 2016-11-25 · Updated 2019-03-07 · CVE-2016-6721

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 6.x through 7.0 before 2016-11-01

Description An information disclosure issue in Mediaserver could allow a local malicious application to access data outside of its permission levels, potentially accessing sensitive data without permission.

Recommendations For Android versions 6.x through 7.0, update to a version released after 2016-11-01 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-6721

Affected Products

Android

References · 7

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6721 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6721 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6721 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6721 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6721 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94143 · Note