PT-2016-2540 · Google · Google Play Services Sdk

Tom Rootjunky · Published 2016-08-05 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2016-3853

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Google Play services versions prior to 2016-08-05

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in Google Play services on Android, allowing a local user to bypass the Factory Reset Protection mechanism and delete data.

Recommendations For Google Play services versions prior to 2016-08-05, update to a version released after 2016-08-05 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01931

CVE-2016-3853

Affected Products

Google Play Services Sdk

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3853 · Security Note
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3853 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01931 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92255 · Note