Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Android - CVE-2016-2421

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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Android - CVE-2016-2421

Published: April 18, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU40350
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2421
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 #BASIC_IMPACT#.

Setup Wizard in Android 5.1.x before 5.1.1 and 6.x before 2016-04-01 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the Factory Reset Protection protection mechanism and delete data via unspecified vectors, aka internal bug 26154410.


How to mitigate CVE-2016-2421

Install update from vendor's website.

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