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CVE-2016-3889

Published: 11 September 2016

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
android
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream
Released (2016-09-01)
precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected)
xenial Not vulnerable

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.8
Attack vector Physical
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H