SB2016091234 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google, Google Android
Published: September 12, 2016 Updated: August 9, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016091234
CSH 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 vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3875)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
server/wm/WindowManagerService.java in Android 6.x before 2016-09-01 does not enforce the DISALLOW_SAFE_BOOT setting, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and boot to safe mode via unspecified vectors, aka internal bug 26251884.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.