CVE-2016-3917 Information

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.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93298 https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/f5334952131afa835dd3f08601fb3bced7b781cd

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8

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