Information disclosure in Google Android - CVE-2016-3897
Published: September 12, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40106
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3897
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android
Google Android
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The WifiEnterpriseConfig class in net/wifi/WifiEnterpriseConfig.java in Wi-Fi in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-09-01 includes a password in the return value of a toString method call, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 25624963.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-3897
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92842
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/55271d454881b67ff38485fdd97598c542cc2d55
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/81be4e3aac55305cbb5c9d523cf5c96c66604b39