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CVE-2016-3917

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Published: Oct 10, 2016Modified: May 6, 2026

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7.8
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

Description

The fingerprint login feature in Android 6.0.1 before 2016-10-01 and 7.0 before 2016-10-01 does not track the user account during the authentication process, which allows physically proximate attackers to authenticate as an arbitrary user by leveraging lockscreen access, aka internal bug 30744668.

Affected (2)

Products: Google: Android
Google
1 product
Android
Configuration A
2 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Google
Android
Version 6.0.1
Android
Version 7.0

Related CWEs

CWE-264
CWE-264

References (6)

Source: security@android.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: security@android.com
Source: security@android.com
Issue TrackingPatch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue TrackingPatch

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