CVE-2016-3887
N/A
Published: September 11, 2016 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:46 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAndroid
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java in Android 7.0 before 2016-09-01 does not properly enforce the DISALLOW_CONFIG_VPN setting, which allows attackers to bypass an intended always-on VPN state via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29899712.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/335702d106797bce8a88044783fa1fc1d5f751d0Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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