CVE-2016-6715 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94173 https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.5