Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 25, 2016· Updated May 6, 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.
Affected products
2Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
2- www.securityfocus.com/bid/94171nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
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