What is CVE-2016-3876?

CVE-2016-3876 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2016-09-11.

How severe is CVE-2016-3876?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

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) tool, aka internal bug 29900345.

EPSS: 0.002 (10.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking)
security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security@android.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
security@android.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3876?: CVE-2016-3876 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2016-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2016-3876?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.