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 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 2.8%. 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 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 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.80% probability · 86th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 20 December 2016
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- google/android
- Source
- security@android.com
EPSS moved from 5.0% on 21 September 2026 to 2.8% 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/94701Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=958
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40945/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94701Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=958
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40945/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.