CVE-2016-3897

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% 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-200

Description

The WifiEnterpriseConfig class in net/wifi/WifiEnterpriseConfig.java in Wi-Fi in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-09-01 includes a password in the return value of a toString method call, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application, aka internal bug 25624963.

Affected products

Android: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.1 (+16)

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92842
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/55271d454881b67ff38485fdd97598c542cc2d55
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/81be4e3aac55305cbb5c9d523cf5c96c66604b39
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92842
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/55271d454881b67ff38485fdd97598c542cc2d55
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/81be4e3aac55305cbb5c9d523cf5c96c66604b39

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