CVE-2016-6716

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-284

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.

Affected products

Android: through 7.0

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94171
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94171
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

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