CVE-2016-6700
Published on: 11/25/2016 12:00:00 AM UTC
Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:27:11 PM UTC
Certain versions of Android from Google contain the following vulnerability:
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in libzipfile in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, and 5.1.x before 5.1.1 could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. Android ID: A-30916186.
- CVE-2016-6700 has been assigned by
[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as HIGH severity.
- Affected Vendor/Software:
Google Inc. - Android version Android-4.4.4
- Affected Vendor/Software:
Google Inc. - Android version Android-5.0.2
- Affected Vendor/Software:
Google Inc. - Android version Android-5.1.1
CVSS3 Score: 7.8 - HIGH
Attack Vector ⓘ |
Attack Complexity |
Privileges Required |
User Interaction |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
LOCAL | LOW | NONE | REQUIRED | |
Scope | Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
|
UNCHANGED | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH |
CVSS2 Score: 9.3 - HIGH
Access Vector ⓘ |
Access Complexity |
Authentication |
---|---|---|
NETWORK | MEDIUM | NONE |
Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
COMPLETE | COMPLETE | COMPLETE |
CVE References
Description | Tags ⓘ | Link |
---|---|---|
Android Security Bulletin—November 2016 | Android Open Source Project | Vendor Advisory source.android.com text/html |
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Google Android libzipfile CVE-2016-6700 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry cve.report (archive) text/html |
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There are currently no QIDs associated with this CVE
Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Operating System | Android | 4.0 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.0.1 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.0.2 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.0.3 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.0.4 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.1 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.1.2 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.2 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.2.1 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.2.2 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.3 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.3.1 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.4 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.4.1 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.4.2 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.4.3 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 5.0 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 5.0.1 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 5.1 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 5.1.0 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.0 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.0.1 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.0.2 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.0.3 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.0.4 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.1 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.1.2 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.2 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.2.1 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.2.2 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.3 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.3.1 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.4 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.4.1 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.4.2 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 4.4.3 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 5.0 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 5.0.1 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 5.1 | All | All | All | |
Operating System | Android | 5.1.0 | All | All | All |
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE