CVE-2016-3887

CVE-2016-3887

EPSS 0.5%

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.

Affected products

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References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/335702d106797bce8a88044783fa1fc1d5f751d0 http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92872 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763