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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2016-6772 EUVD-2016-7675GHSA-mq38-hch7-37p6

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Wi-Fi could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of…

Published Jan 12, 2017 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by google_android

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Google Android Android-5.0.2, Android-5.1.1, Android-6.0, Android-6.0.1, Android-7.0 —

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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