CVE-2016-3876
providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java in Android 6.x before 2016-09-01 and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the SAFE_BOOT_DISALLOWED protection mechanism and boot to safe mode via the Android Debug Bridge (adb)…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.20%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java in Android 6.x before 2016-09-01 and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the SAFE_BOOT_DISALLOWED protection mechanism and boot to safe mode via the Android Debug Bridge (adb) tool, aka internal bug 29900345.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.20% probability · 10th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- google/android
- Source
- security@android.com
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92819
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/91fc934bb2e5ea59929bb2f574de6db9b5100745Issue Tracking, Patch
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92819
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/91fc934bb2e5ea59929bb2f574de6db9b5100745Issue Tracking, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.