CVE-2016-6762

HIGH

Google Android - Access Control

Title source: rule

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the libziparchive library 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. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0. Android ID: A-31251826.

Exploits (1)

github SUSPICIOUS 8 stars
by codecat007 · cpoc
https://github.com/codecat007/cvehub/tree/main/android/CVE-2016-6762

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0020
EPSS Percentile 42.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (14)
google/android 5.0
google/android 5.0.1
google/android 5.0.2
google/android 5.1
google/android 5.1.0
google/android 5.1.1
google/android 6.0
google/android 6.0.1
google/android 7.0
Google Inc./Android Android-5.0.2
... and 4 more
Published Jan 12, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026