CVE-2016-6718

Published: Nov 25, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

5.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Account Manager Service in Android 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could enable a local malicious application to retrieve sensitive information without user interaction. 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-30455516.

Affected (1)

Products: Google: Android

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Google Android	Up to 7.0

Related CWEs

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

References (4)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94175

Source: security@android.com

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

Source: security@android.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94175

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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