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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 25, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-6715

CVE-2016-6715

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Framework APIs in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-11-01, and 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could allow a local malicious application to record audio without the user's permission. 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-29833954.

Affected products

3
  • Google/Android3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=4.0,<4.4.4
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: Android-4.4.4

Patches

0

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