Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 25, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 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.
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Affected products
5- Range: <4.4.4, <5.0.2, <5.1.1, <2016-11-01, <2016-11-01
Patches
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References
2- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94173nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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