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CVE-2016-6689

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2016-10-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Binder in the kernel in Android before 2016-10-05 on Nexus devices allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 30768347.

Affected products

• Android: through 7.0

References

• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93323
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40515/
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93323
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40515/

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