# CVE-2016-6772: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Wi-Fi could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2017-01-12 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- Google Inc. Android: Android-5.0.2, Android-5.1.1, Android-6.0, Android-6.0.1, Android-7.0

## 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.

## 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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## Related

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## References

- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=958
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94701
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40945/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40945

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