CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-6708

Published: Nov 25, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
NEGLIGIBLE
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An elevation of privilege in the System UI in Android 7.0 before 2016-11-01 could enable a local malicious user to bypass the security prompt of your work profile in Multi-Window mode. This issue is rated as High because it is a local bypass of user interaction requirements for any developer or security setting modifications. Android ID: A-30693465.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
AndroidGoogle*7.0 (including)
AndroidUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
AndroidUbuntutrusty*
AndroidUbuntuupstream*
AndroidUbuntuvivid/stable-phone-overlay*
AndroidUbuntuxenial*
AndroidUbuntuyakkety*
AndroidUbuntuzesty*

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