CVE-2016-3908

MEDIUM

Android <7.0 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

The Lock Settings Service in Android 6.x before 2016-10-01 and 7.0 before 2016-10-01 allows attackers to remove a device's PIN or password, and consequently gain privileges, via a crafted application, aka internal bug 30003944.

References (3)

[Vendor Advisory] http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html

[Issue Tracking, Patch] https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/96daf7d4893f614714761af2d53dfb93214a32e4

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93290

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0009

EPSS Percentile 25.3%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

Classification

CWE

CWE-264

Status published

Affected Products (4)

google/android

n/a/n/a

Timeline

Published Oct 10, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026