CVE-2016-3888
Description
internal/telephony/SMSDispatcher.java in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, 6.x before 2016-09-01, and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the Factory Reset Protection protection mechanism, and send premium SMS messages during the Setup Wizard provisioning stage, via unspecified vectors, aka internal bug 29420123.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92857
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/opt/telephony/+/b8d1aee993dcc565e6576b2f2439a8f5a507cff6
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92857
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/opt/telephony/+/b8d1aee993dcc565e6576b2f2439a8f5a507cff6
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.