What is CVE-2016-3889?

CVE-2016-3889 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-2016-3889?

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

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2016-3889

Android 6.x before 2016-09-01 and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the Factory Reset Protection protection mechanism by accessing (1) an external tile from a system application, (2) the help feature, or (3) the Settings application during a pre-setup stage, aka internal bug 29194585.

EPSS: 0.002 (15.7th 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 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
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 (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3889?: CVE-2016-3889 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-2016-3889?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.