Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Wi-Fi could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0. Android ID: A-31856351.
Exploits (1)
exploitdb
WORKING POC
VERIFIED
by Google Security Research · textdosandroid
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40945
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=958
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94701
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit
x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40945/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0143
EPSS Percentile
80.8%
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