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CVE-2016-6716

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the AOSP Launcher in Android 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could allow a local malicious application to create shortcuts that have elevated privileges without the user's consent. This issue is rated as Moderate because it is a local bypass of user interaction requirements (access to functionality that would normally require either user initiation or user permission). Android ID: A-30778130.

Published

2016-11-25T16:59:20.797

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 5.5 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-284

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	google	android	≤ 7.0	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94171 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94171 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)