Unscored CVE-2016-3887 EUVD-2016-4900GHSA-wx4j-9g5v-8m95

providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java in Android 7.0 before 2016-09-01 does not properly enforce the DISALLOW_CONFIG_VPN setting, which …

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

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.

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/335702d106797bce8a88044783fa1fc1d5f751d0
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
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