Information disclosure in Google Android - CVE-2016-3761
Published: July 11, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40181
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3761
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.
NfcService.java in NFC 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 2016-07-01 allows attackers to obtain sensitive foreground-application information via a crafted background application, aka internal bug 28300969.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-3761
Install update from vendor's website.