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CVE-2017-0490

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.5)—
Severity5.5Medium · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability0.45 %higher than 38% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Wi-Fi could enable a local malicious application to delete user data. This issue is rated as Moderate because it is a local bypass of user interaction requirements that would normally require either user initiation or user permission. Product: Android. Versions: 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-33178389.

CVSS

Base score
5.5
Version
3.0
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.45 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
38
Score date
10/23/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Google — Android

CWEs

References

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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