CVE-2016-6716 An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the AOSP Launcher in Android 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could allow a local malicious application to c

What is CVE-2016-6716?

CVE-2016-6716 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 25 Nov 2016.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6716?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6716?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6716 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-6716 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6716 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-c9m2-rvw9-5xhq, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6716.