CVE-2016-3887

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 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: 2016-09-11 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

Android: 7.0

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92872
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/335702d106797bce8a88044783fa1fc1d5f751d0
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92872
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/335702d106797bce8a88044783fa1fc1d5f751d0

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