High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 10, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-3917

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.

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Affected products

Google/Android3 versions
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: < 6.0.1, < 7.0

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References

android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/f5334952131afa835dd3f08601fb3bced7b781cdnvdIssue TrackingPatch
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93298nvd

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