PT-2016-5736 · Google · Android

Published 2016-10-10 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2016-3908

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 6.x through 7.0 before 2016-10-01

Description The issue allows attackers to remove a device's PIN or password, and consequently gain privileges, via a crafted application.

Recommendations For Android versions 6.x through 7.0, update to a version released after 2016-10-01 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-3908

Affected Products

Android

References · 8

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3908 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3908 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3908 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3908 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3908 · Vendor Advisory
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/96daf7d4893f614714761af2d53dfb93214a32e4 · Patch
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93290 · Note