CVE-2016-6704 Privilege escalation in Android

What is CVE-2016-6704?

CVE-2016-6704 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 25 Nov 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-11-01, and 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could enable 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. Android ID: A-30229821.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6704?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6704?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6704 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-6704 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6704 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-cq4q-8ww6-c3pq, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6704.