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Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 25, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-6716

CVE-2016-6716

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

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  • Google/Android3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=7.0
    • (no CPE)range: <2016-11-01
    • (no CPE)range: Android-7.0
  • AOSP/Launcherllm-create
    Range: <2016-11-01

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