Medium severity6.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 11, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-3889

Description

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.

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Affected products

Google/Android4 versions
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 6.x before 2016-09-01, 7.0 before 2016-09-01

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/e206f02d46ae5e38c74d138b51f6e1637e261abenvdIssue TrackingPatch
android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/Settings/+/bd5d5176c74021e8cf4970f93f273ba3023c3d72nvdIssue TrackingPatch
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92854nvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763nvd

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