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CVE-2016-6762

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 0.94%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-01-12 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It affects Android.

CVE
CVE-2016-6762
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.94%
Android

Original NVD Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the libziparchive library 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. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0. Android ID: A-31251826.