CVE-2016-6716 — Improper Access Control in Google Android

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control4 documents4 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 87.65%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Google AndroidGoogle INC Android
Timeline
PublishedNov 25
Latest updateMay 17

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages3 packages

▶CVEListV5google_inc/androidAndroid-7.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-c9m2-rvw9-5xhq: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the AOSP Launcher in Android 7↗2022-05-17
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OSV
CVE-2016-6716: An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the AOSP Launcher in Android 7↗2016-11-25
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Android
CVE-2016-6716: Android Security Bulletin 2016-11-01 CVE: CVE-2016-6716 Severity: MEDIUM Affected AOSP versions: 7↗2016-11-01
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