Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Android - CVE-2016-3889
Published: September 12, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40110
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3889
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android
Google Android
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-3889
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92854
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/e206f02d46ae5e38c74d138b51f6e1637e261abe
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Settings/+/bd5d5176c74021e8cf4970f93f273ba3023c3d72