CVE-2016-6716 | BDVDB-2026-79395 Detail

GoogleAndroid

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94171
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12016-11-25Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.