CVE-2016-6769

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 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: 2017-01-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Smart Lock could enable a local malicious user to access Smart Lock settings without a PIN. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires physical access to an unlocked device where Smart Lock was the last settings pane accessed by the user. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1. Android ID: A-29055171.

Affected products

Android: 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.1, 5.1.0, 5.1.1 (+2)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94703
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94703
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html

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