PT-2017-1233 · Google · Android

Published 2017-01-12 · Updated 2017-01-18 · CVE-2016-6771

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 6.0 through 7.0

Description The issue is related to an elevation of privilege vulnerability in Telephony, which could allow a local malicious application to access system functions beyond its access level. This is due to insufficient access control in the Android operating system's telephony component. The problem is rated as Moderate because it is a local bypass of restrictions on a constrained process.

Recommendations For Android versions 6.0 through 7.0, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue, as specified by the Android ID A-31566390. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00346

CVE-2016-6771

Affected Products

Android

References · 5

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00346 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6771 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6771 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94706 · Note