Low severity · published Sep 11, 2016
CVE-2016-3888
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…
2.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 7% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Android · Google
4.0; 4.0.1; 4.0.2; 4.0.3; 4.0.4; 4.1; +17 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3888
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3888
Vendor Advisory
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92857
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
Issue Tracking
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/opt/telephony/+/b8d1aee993dcc565e6576b2f2439a8f5a507cff6
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