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CVE-2016-6715 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94173	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94173	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-275	Permission Issues	[email protected]
CWE-284	Improper Access Control	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
google android	>= 4.0, < 4.4.4 >= 5.0, < 5.0.2 >= 5.1, < 5.1.1 >= 6.0, <= 6.0.1 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:google:android:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 7, 2019	Reanalysis	[email protected]
Dec 6, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Nov 28, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 28, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]