PT-2016-5745 · Google · Android

Jason Rogena · Published 2016-10-10 · Updated 2016-11-28 · CVE-2016-3917

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 6.0.1 before 2016-10-01 Android versions 7.0 before 2016-10-01

Description The issue concerns the fingerprint login feature, which fails to track the user account during authentication. This allows physically proximate attackers to authenticate as an arbitrary user by leveraging lockscreen access.

Recommendations For Android versions 6.0.1 before 2016-10-01, update to a version released after 2016-10-01 to resolve the issue. For Android versions 7.0 before 2016-10-01, update to a version released after 2016-10-01 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-3917

Affected Products

Android

References · 8

• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/f5334952131afa835dd3f08601fb3bced7b781cd · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3917 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-3917 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3917 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3917 · Security Note
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3917 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93298 · Note