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CVE-2016-3917 Details

Description

The fingerprint login feature in Android 6.0.1 before 2016-10-01 and 7.0 before 2016-10-01 does not track the user account during the authentication process, which allows physically proximate attackers to authenticate as an arbitrary user by leveraging lockscreen access, aka internal bug 30744668.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/f5334952131afa835dd3f08601fb3bced7b781cd CVEIssue TrackingPatch
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html CVEVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93298 CVE
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/f5334952131afa835dd3f08601fb3bced7b781cd [email protected]Issue TrackingPatch
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html [email protected]Vendor Advisory

see all 6 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
google android
6.0.1
7.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-3917
NVD Published Date:
Oct 10, 2016
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-3917 Details - Not Deferred