SB2016091233 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google, Google Android
Published: September 12, 2016 Updated: August 9, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016091233
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Physical access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3876)
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java in Android 6.x before 2016-09-01 and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the SAFE_BOOT_DISALLOWED protection mechanism and boot to safe mode via the Android Debug Bridge (adb) tool, aka internal bug 29900345.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.