CVE-2016-6715 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2016-6715 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.04% · 12.5th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.04%

12.5th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	android	0, 20150818-1500-0ubuntu2, 20150818-1500-0ubuntu3

Timeline

Nov 8, 2016 CVE Published
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6715 third-party-advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6715 third-party-advisory

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