CVE-2016-6769 - Improper Access Control

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Smart Lock could enable a local malicious user to access Smart Lock settings without a PIN. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires physical access to an unlocked device where Smart Lock was the last settings pane accessed by the user. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1. Android ID: A-29055171.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Smart Lock could enable a local malicious user to access Smart Lock settings without a PIN. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires physical access to an unlocked device where Smart Lock was the last settings pane accessed by the user. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1. Android ID: A-29055171.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: physical. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

Google Android

First reported 8 years ago

2017-01-12 15:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2017-01-19 16:12:00

Affected Software

Google Android Operating System 5.0

5.0

Google Android 5.0.1

5.0.1

Google Android 5.0.2

5.0.2

Google Android 5.1

5.1

Google Android 5.1.0

5.1.0

Google Android 5.1.1

5.1.1

Google Android 6.0

6.0

Google Android 6.0.1

6.0.1

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