CVE-2016-3887

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java in Android 7.0 before 2016-09-01 does not properly enforce the DISALLOW_CONFIG_VPN setting, which allows attackers to bypass an intended always-on VPN state via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29899712.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

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

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