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CVE-2015-3854

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-08-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

Description

packages/SystemUI/src/com/android/systemui/power/PowerNotificationWarnings.java in Android 5.x allows attackers to bypass a DEVICE_POWER permission requirement via a broadcast intent with the PNW.stopSaver action, aka internal bug 20918350.

Affected products

• Android: 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.1, 5.1.0, 5.1.1

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/71
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/72
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/05e0705177d2078fa9f940ce6df723312cfab976
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/71
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/May/72
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/05e0705177d2078fa9f940ce6df723312cfab976

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