{"id":"CVE-2016-6715","aliases":["EUVD-2016-7618","GHSA-j294-f8jh-qcpf","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6715"],"status":"published","title":"An elevation of privilege vulnerability in the Framework APIs in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x...","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.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.00345,"percentile":0.28292,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-275","CWE-284"],"published":"2016-11-25T16:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:51:38Z","affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","package":"android","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["20150818-1500-0ubuntu2","20150818-1500-0ubuntu3","20160307-0742-0ubuntu3","20160330-0939-0ubuntu1"]}],"products":[{"vendor":"google","product":"android"},{"vendor":"google inc.","product":"android"}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94173","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory","report"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6715"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j294-f8jh-qcpf"},{"url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6715","tags":["report"]},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6715","tags":["report"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2016-6715","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. 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Android ID: A-29833954.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-14T01:27:55Z","modified":"2023-02-02T05:03:48Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":5.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-284"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:51:42.915943Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2016-6715","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.) 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