High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 11, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026

CVE-2016-3887

Description

providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java in Android 7.0 before 2016-09-01 does not properly enforce the DISALLOW_CONFIG_VPN setting, which allows attackers to bypass an intended always-on VPN state via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29899712.

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/335702d106797bce8a88044783fa1fc1d5f751d0nvdIssue TrackingPatch
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92872nvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763nvd

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