CVE-2016-3886

MEDIUM

Android 7.0 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

systemui/statusbar/phone/QuickStatusBarHeader.java in the System UI Tuner in Android 7.0 before 2016-09-01 does not prevent tuner changes on the lockscreen, which allows physically proximate attackers to gain privileges by modifying a setting, aka internal bug 30107438.

References (4)

[Vendor Advisory] http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html

[Issue Tracking, Patch] https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/6ca6cd5a50311d58a1b7bf8fbef3f9aa29eadcd5

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92860

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763

Scores

CVSS v3 6.8

EPSS 0.0003

EPSS Percentile 6.6%

Attack Vector PHYSICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-264

Status published

Affected Products (2)

google/android

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Sep 11, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026