What is CVE-2016-3883?

CVE-2016-3883 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-09-11.

How severe is CVE-2016-3883?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2016-3883

internal/telephony/SMSDispatcher.java in Telephony in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-09-01, and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 does not properly construct warnings about premium SMS messages, which allows attackers to spoof the premium-payment confirmation dialog via a crafted application, aka internal bug 28557603.

EPSS: 0.004 (36.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3883?: CVE-2016-3883 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2016-3883?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.