CVE-2016-6716 is an elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting the AOSP Launcher in Android 7.0 prior to the November 2016 security update. A local malicious application could exploit this to create shortcuts with elevated privileges without user consent. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to bypass normal permission requirements, potentially impacting integrity (I:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
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