An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Framework APIs 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: 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-33039926.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2017-0412 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.54%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.10% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41355 | exploit_db | edb | 2017-02-14 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 1.44% | 2.54% | +1.10% |
| 2 | 2026-03-03 | 0.94% | 1.44% | +0.50% |
| 3 | 2025-12-04 | — | 0.94% | — |
Full EPSS history (9 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.8 | 3.0 | HIGH |
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1.8 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 9.3 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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8.6 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2017-0412 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (android), 8 status rows across 8 suites (artful, bionic, precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 4, ignored 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-0412 |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96056 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037798 | |
| https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-02-01.html | Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41355/ |