CVE-2016-6700

Severity

93%

Complexity

86%

Confidentiality

165%

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in libzipfile in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, and 5.1.x before 5.1.1 could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. Android ID: A-30916186.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in libzipfile in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, and 5.1.x before 5.1.1 could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. Android ID: A-30916186.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Google Android

First reported 8 years ago

2016-11-25 16:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-12-06 15:07:00

Affected Software

Google Android Operating System 4.0

4.0

Google Android Operating System 4.0.1

4.0.1

Google Android Operating System 4.0.2

4.0.2

Google Android Operating System 4.0.3

4.0.3

Google Android Operating System 4.0.4

4.0.4

Google Android Operating System 4.1

4.1

Google Android Operating System 4.1.2

4.1.2

Google Android Operating System 4.2 (Jelly Bean)

4.2

Google Android Operating System 4.2.1

4.2.1

Google Android Operating System 4.2.2

4.2.2

Google Android Operating System 4.3

4.3

Google Android Operating System 4.3.1

4.3.1

Google Android Operating System 4.4

4.4

Google Android Operating System 4.4.1

4.4.1

Google Android Operating System 4.4.2

4.4.2

Google Android Operating System 4.4.3

4.4.3

Google Android Operating System 5.0

5.0

Google Android 5.0.1

5.0.1

Google Android 5.1

5.1

Google Android 5.1.0

5.1.0

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