CVE-2016-6769 Auth bypass in Android

What is CVE-2016-6769?

CVE-2016-6769 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Google Android, published on 12 Jan 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Smart Lock could enable a local malicious user to access Smart Lock settings without a PIN. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires physical access to an unlocked device where Smart Lock was the last settings pane accessed by the user. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1. Android ID: A-29055171.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6769?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6769?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6769 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2016-6769 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6769 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-659x-8694-84c2.