CVE-2016-3888 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2016-3888?

CVE-2016-3888 is a low-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 11 Sep 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

internal/telephony/SMSDispatcher.java in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 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, and send premium SMS messages during the Setup Wizard provisioning stage, via unspecified vectors, aka internal bug 29420123.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3888?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-3888?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-3888 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-3888 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3888 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-4g38-6846-pr4j.