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CVE-2016-3889

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.

Published

2016-09-11T21:59:33.887

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	google	android	6.0	Yes
Operating System	google	android	6.0.1	Yes
Operating System	google	android	7.0	Yes

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92854 ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 ([email protected])
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/e206f02d46ae5e38c74d138b51f6e1637e261abe Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Settings/+/bd5d5176c74021e8cf4970f93f273ba3023c3d72 Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92854 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/e206f02d46ae5e38c74d138b51f6e1637e261abe Issue Tracking, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Settings/+/bd5d5176c74021e8cf4970f93f273ba3023c3d72 Issue Tracking, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)