CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-3917

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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. This allows physically proximate attackers to authenticate as an arbitrary user by leveraging lockscreen access.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can gain access to another user's account, posing a serious threat to data security and user privacy.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Android to a version after 2016-10-01 to mitigate this vulnerability and implement additional security measures for device access.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS