First published: Mon Nov 07 2016(Updated: )
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Mediaserver in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-11-01, and 7.0 before 2016-11-01 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. Android ID: A-30229821.
Credit: security@android.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Google Android | >=4.0<4.4.4 | |
Google Android | >=5.0<5.0.2 | |
Google Android | >=5.1<5.1.1 | |
Google Android | >=6.0<=6.0.1 | |
Google Android | =7.0 | |
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CVE-2016-6704 is classified as an elevation of privilege vulnerability.
To mitigate CVE-2016-6704, users should update their Android devices to the latest version available.
CVE-2016-6704 affects Android versions 4.x, 5.0.x, 5.1.x, 6.x, and 7.0 prior to specific security updates.
CVE-2016-6704 can be exploited by local malicious applications to execute arbitrary code within a privileged process.
The permanent solution for CVE-2016-6704 is to ensure your Android device is running a patched version above the vulnerable ones.