Unscored CVE-2016-3875 EUVD-2016-4888GHSA-6pw5-q6cj-fvfc

server/wm/WindowManagerService.java in Android 6.x before 2016-09-01 does not enforce the DISALLOW_SAFE_BOOT setting, which allows physical…

Published Sep 11, 2016 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by google_android

Description

server/wm/WindowManagerService.java in Android 6.x before 2016-09-01 does not enforce the DISALLOW_SAFE_BOOT setting, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and boot to safe mode via unspecified vectors, aka internal bug 26251884.

References

92818 vdb-entry
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
1036763 vdb-entry
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/69729fa8b13cadbf3173fe1f389fe4f3b7bd0f9c