CVE-2016-6707
HIGHAndroid 6.x-7.0 - Privilege Escalation via System Server
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2016-6707. PoCs published by Google Security Research.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a vulnerability in Android's Bitmap handling to unmap arbitrary memory regions in a remote process, leading to remote code execution (RCE) by manipulating ashmem regions and garbage collection to overwrite critical memory structures like thread stacks.
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in System Server in Android 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-31350622.
Exploits (1)
This exploit leverages a vulnerability in Android's Bitmap handling to unmap arbitrary memory regions in a remote process, leading to remote code execution (RCE) by manipulating ashmem regions and garbage collection to overwrite critical memory structures like thread stacks.
References (5)
Scores
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H