Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Android - CVE-2016-3875

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Android - CVE-2016-3875

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40122
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-2016-3875
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android

Detailed vulnerability description

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2016-3875

Install update from vendor's website.

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