Android 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 by accessing (1) an external tile from a system application, (2) the help feature, or (3) the Settings application during a pre-setup stage, aka internal bug 29194585.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-4902 Android 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 by accessing (1) an external tile from a system application, (2) the help feature, or (3) the Settings application during a pre-setup stage, aka internal bug 29194585.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: google_android

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:10:31.795Z

Reserved: 2016-03-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-3889

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-09-11T21:59:33.887

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-3889

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