What is CVE-2016-6771?

CVE-2016-6771 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-01-12.

How severe is CVE-2016-6771?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2016-6771

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Telephony 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: 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0. Android ID: A-31566390.

EPSS: 0.002 (13.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0
Google Inc. Android — versions Android-6.0.1, Android-7.0, Android-6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

security@android.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6771?: CVE-2016-6771 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2017-01-12.
How severe is CVE-2016-6771?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.