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CVE-2016-6715

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-11-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-275

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Framework APIs in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-11-01, and 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could allow a local malicious application to record audio without the user's permission. 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-29833954.

Affected products

• Android: from 4.0 before 4.4.4; from 5.0 before 5.0.2; from 5.1 before 5.1.1; from 6.0 through 6.0.1; 7.0 — fixed in 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Android 4.4.4, 5.0.2, 5.1.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94173
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94173
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

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