CVE-2017-0479

HIGH

Android 4.4.4-7.1.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Audioserver 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: 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-32707507.

Exploits (1)

github WORKING POC 8 stars

by codecat007 · cpoc

https://github.com/codecat007/cvehub/tree/main/android/securityPatch/CVE-2017-0479

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (4)

[Vendor Advisory] https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01

[Vendor Advisory] https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-03-01.html

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96958

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037968

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 18.5%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published

Products (35)

google/android 4.0

google/android 4.0.1

google/android 4.0.2

google/android 4.0.3

google/android 4.0.4

google/android 4.1

google/android 4.1.2

google/android 4.2

google/android 4.2.1

google/android 4.2.2

... and 25 more

Published Mar 08, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026