CVE-2016-3908 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Lock Settings Service in Android 6.x before 2016-10-01 and 7.0 before 2016-10-01 allows attackers to remove a device's PIN or password, and consequently gain privileges, via a crafted application, aka internal bug 30003944.

Published: 2016-10-10

Score: 5.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-4921	The Lock Settings Service in Android 6.x before 2016-10-01 and 7.0 before 2016-10-01 allows attackers to remove a device's PIN or password, and consequently gain privileges, via a crafted application, aka internal bug 30003944.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0009.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93290
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/96daf7d4893f614714761af2d53dfb93214a32e4

History

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Subscriptions

Google Android

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: google_android

Published: 2016-10-10T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:10:31.841Z

Reserved: 2016-03-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-3908

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-10-10T10:59:12.557

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-3908

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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