CVE-2016-6772
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Wi-Fi could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- google_android
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Wi-Fi could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0. Android ID: A-31856351.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- 40945 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Timeline
ID reserved
By google_android
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 13% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- Elevation of privilege
- CWE-264 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-264 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected Android-5.0.2
- affected Android-5.1.1
- affected Android-6.0
- affected Android-6.0.1
- affected Android-7.0
References (4)
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=958 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 94701 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 40945 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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