Local Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Android Framework API

Local Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability in Android Framework API

CVE-2016-6770 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Framework API could enable a local malicious application to access system functions beyond its access level. This issue is rated as Moderate because it is a local bypass of restrictions on a constrained process. Product: Android. Versions: 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0. Android ID: A-30202228.

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