# CVE-2016-6707: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in System Server in Android 6.x before 2016-11-01 and 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could enable a local mal

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2016-11-25 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- Google Inc. Android: Android-6.0, Android-6.0.1, Android-7.0

## Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in System Server in Android 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-31350622.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Google Inc. Android, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=928
- https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2016/12/bitunmap-attacking-android-ashmem.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94164
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40874/
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40874

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