CVE-2016-11053 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2016-11053?

CVE-2016-11053 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 7 Apr 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices with software through 2015-11-11 (supporting FRP/RL). There is a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass. The Samsung ID is SVE-2015-5131 (January 2016).

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-11053?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-11053?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-11053 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-11053 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-11053 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-487c-g6v4-38j9.