CVE-2016-3889

MEDIUM

Android <6.x-7.0 - Auth Bypass

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (5)

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

[Issue Tracking, Patch] https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/e206f02d46ae5e38c74d138b51f6e1637e261abe

[Issue Tracking, Patch] https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Settings/+/bd5d5176c74021e8cf4970f93f273ba3023c3d72

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92854

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

Scores

CVSS v3 6.8

EPSS 0.0002

EPSS Percentile 6.2%

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 (4)

google/android

google/android

google/android

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Sep 11, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026