First published: Mon Dec 05 2016(Updated: )
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Framework API could enable a local malicious application to access system functions beyond its access level. This issue is rated as Moderate because it is a local bypass of restrictions on a constrained process. Product: Android. Versions: 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0. Android ID: A-30202228.
Credit: security@android.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
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 | |
Google Android | =4.3 | |
Google Android | =4.3.1 | |
Google Android | =4.4 | |
Google Android | =4.4.1 | |
Google Android | =4.4.2 | |
Google Android | =4.4.3 | |
Google Android | =4.4.4 | |
Google Android | =5.0 | |
Google Android | =5.0.1 | |
Google Android | =5.0.2 | |
Google Android | =5.1 | |
Google Android | =5.1.0 | |
Google Android | =5.1.1 | |
Google Android | =6.0 | |
Google Android | =6.0.1 | |
Google Android | =7.0 | |
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The severity of CVE-2016-6770 is rated as Moderate due to its potential for local privilege escalation.
CVE-2016-6770 allows a local malicious application to access system functions beyond its intended access level.
CVE-2016-6770 affects Android versions 4.0 through 6.0.1.
To mitigate CVE-2016-6770, it is recommended to update Android to the latest security patch that addresses this vulnerability.
No, CVE-2016-6770 is a local vulnerability that requires physical access to the device to exploit.