CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-6700

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in libzipfile in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, and 5.1.x before 5.1.1 could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process.

Risk Assessment

This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Android system to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor devices for malicious software.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in libzipfile in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, and 5.1.x before 5.1.1 could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as Critical due to the possibility of a local permanent device compromise, which may require reflashing the operating system to repair the device. Android ID: A-30916186.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS