PT-2017-1034 · Google · Android

Mark Brand · Published 2017-01-12 · Updated 2017-01-20 · CVE-2016-6772

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 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0 through 7.0

Description An elevation of privilege issue in Wi-Fi could allow a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process. The vulnerability is related to insufficient access control in the Wi-Fi component of the Android operating system, which could potentially allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For versions 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, and 6.0 through 7.0, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue, as specified by the Android security updates. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00079

CVE-2016-6772

Affected Products

Android

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/40945 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6772 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6772 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00079 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94701 · Note
• https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=958 · Note