Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Android - CVE-2016-3887

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Android - CVE-2016-3887

Published: September 12, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40112
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3887
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java in Android 7.0 before 2016-09-01 does not properly enforce the DISALLOW_CONFIG_VPN setting, which allows attackers to bypass an intended always-on VPN state via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29899712.


How to mitigate CVE-2016-3887

Install update from vendor's website.

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