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FKIE_CVE-2016-6770

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-01-12 15:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:51
Severity
3.3 (Low) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
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.
References
security@android.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94702Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
security@android.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94702Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
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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