Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-6772 (CCN-119912)

Assigned:2016-09-30
Published:2016-09-30
Updated:2017-01-20
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:7.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.0 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
7.8 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.0 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:9.3 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
6.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-264
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: CCN
Type: Google Web site
Android

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-6772

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
94701

Source: CCN
Type: BID-94701
Google Android Wi-Fi CVE-2016-6772 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=958

Source: CCN
Type: Google Security Research Issue 958
Android - Stack overflow in WifiNative::setHotlist

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
android-cve20166772-bo(119912)

Source: CCN
Type: Packet Storm Security [12-22-2016]
Android WifiNative::setHotlist Stack Overflow

Source: CCN
Type: Android Open Source Project
Android Security Bulletin—December 2016

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html

Source: EXPLOIT-DB
Type: EXPLOIT
Offensive Security Exploit Database [12-20-2016]

Source: EXPLOIT-DB
Type: UNKNOWN
40945

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:google:android:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:google:android:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:google:android:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:google:android:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:google:android:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:google:android:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:google:android:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:google:android:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    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
    google android *