CVE-2016-6718 is a moderate-severity elevation of privilege vulnerability affecting Android 7.0 prior to the November 2016 security patch. A local malicious application could exploit this flaw to retrieve sensitive information without user interaction, bypassing typical permission requirements. The attack vector is local with low complexity, and the potential impact is high confidentiality compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available 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:H/I:N/A:N
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