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CVE-2016-6716

N/A
Published: November 25, 2016 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:51 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAndroid

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94171
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-284

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