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CVE-2016-6716
Published: Nov 25, 2016
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Google Inc. | Android | affected Android-7.0 |
References
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https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
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