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.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2016-7619 | 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. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: google_android
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T01:36:29.532Z
Reserved: 2016-08-11T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2016-6716
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Status : Modified
Published: 2016-11-25T16:59:20.797
Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220
Link: CVE-2016-6716
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD