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CVE-2016-6716

UNKNOWN
Published 2016-11-25T16:00:00
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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.

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Affected Products

Google Inc.

Android

Affected Versions:

Android-7.0

GitHub Security Advisories

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GHSA-c9m2-rvw9-5xhq

Advisory Details

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.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6716
WEB https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94171

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 17, 2022, Modified: May 17, 2022

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94171
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
Published: 2016-11-25T16:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-06T01:36:29.532Z
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