CVE-2016-3917
N/A
Published: October 10, 2016 at 10:00 AM 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 0.2%
Description
The fingerprint login feature in Android 6.0.1 before 2016-10-01 and 7.0 before 2016-10-01 does not track the user account during the authentication process, which allows physically proximate attackers to authenticate as an arbitrary user by leveraging lockscreen access, aka internal bug 30744668.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/f5334952131afa835dd3f08601fb3bced7b781cdQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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