CVE-2016-6716 in Google Android
Summary
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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Reservation
08/11/2016
Disclosure
11/25/2016
Entries
VulDB provides additional information and datapoints for this CVE:
| ID | Vulnerability | CWE | Exp | Cou | CVE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 93455 | Google Android AOSP Launcher access control | 284 | Not defined | Official fix | CVE-2016-6716 |