CVE-2016-3875

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-09-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

Android: 6.0, 6.0.1

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92818
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/69729fa8b13cadbf3173fe1f389fe4f3b7bd0f9c
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92818
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/69729fa8b13cadbf3173fe1f389fe4f3b7bd0f9c

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