What is CVE-2016-6710?

CVE-2016-6710 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-11-25.

How severe is CVE-2016-6710?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Google Android

CVE-2016-6710

An information disclosure vulnerability in the download manager in Android 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 enable a local malicious application to bypass operating system protections that isolate application data from other applications. This issue is rated as High because it could be used to gain access to data that the application does not have access to. Android ID: A-30537115.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.005 (37.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 7.0
Google Inc. Android — versions Android-5.0.2, Android-6.0.1, Android-7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security@android.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6710?: CVE-2016-6710 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-11-25.
How severe is CVE-2016-6710?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.