CVE-2016-6762Android-platform-system-core vulnerability

CWE-2645 documents5 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 57.44%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJan 12
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

debiandebian/android-platform-system-core< android-platform-system-core 1:7.0.0+r1-1 (bullseye)
NVDgoogle/android9 versions+8
CVEListV5google_inc/android5 versions+4

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-r78h-2rjj-cp8x: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the libziparchive library could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the c2022-05-17
OSV
CVE-2016-6762: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the libziparchive library could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the c2017-01-12

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Android
CVE-2016-6762: Android Security Bulletin 2016-12-01 CVE: CVE-2016-6762 Severity: HIGH Affected AOSP versions: 52016-12-01
Debian
CVE-2016-6762: android-platform-system-core - An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the libziparchive library could enabl...2016