CVE-2016-3875

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

server/wm/WindowManagerService.java in Android 6.x before 2016-09-01 does not enforce the DISALLOW_SAFE_BOOT setting, which allows physically proximate attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and boot to safe mode via unspecified vectors, aka internal bug 26251884.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Sep 11, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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