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 malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 4.2%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.15% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 6 December 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- google/android
- Source
- security@android.com
EPSS moved from 8.1% on 21 September 2026 to 4.2% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94164Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=928Third Party Advisory
- https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2016/12/bitunmap-attacking-android-ashmem.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40874/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94164Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=928Third Party Advisory
- https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2016/12/bitunmap-attacking-android-ashmem.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40874/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.