CVE-2016-3889

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Android 6.x before 2016-09-01 and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the Factory Reset Protection protection mechanism by accessing (1) an external tile from a system application, (2) the help feature, or (3) the Settings application during a pre-setup stage, aka internal bug 29194585.

Android 6.x before 2016-09-01 and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the Factory Reset Protection protection mechanism by accessing (1) an external tile from a system application, (2) the help feature, or (3) the Settings application during a pre-setup stage, aka internal bug 29194585.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: physical. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Google Android

First reported 8 years ago

2016-09-11 21:59:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-08-13 01:29:00

Affected Software

Google Android 6.0

6.0

Google Android 6.0.1

6.0.1

Google Android (Nougat) 7.0

7.0

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html

Vendor Advisory

92854

1036763

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/e206f02d46ae5e38c74d138b51f6e1637e261abe

Issue Tracking, Patch

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Settings/+/bd5d5176c74021e8cf4970f93f273ba3023c3d72

Issue Tracking, Patch

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