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CVE-2016-3917

Published: Oct 10, 2016 | Modified: Nov 28, 2016
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3917
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Android Google 6.0.1 (including) 6.0.1 (including)
Android Google 7.0 (including) 7.0 (including)
Android Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Android Ubuntu trusty *
Android Ubuntu vivid/stable-phone-overlay *
Android Ubuntu xenial *
Android Ubuntu yakkety *
Android Ubuntu zesty *

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