CVE-2016-3763

low

Published 2016-07-11 · Modified 2026-05-06

CVSS v3

3.3

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

CVSS v2

5.0

VIR risk

3.3

Description

net/PacProxySelector.java in the Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) feature in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 does not ensure that URL information is restricted to a scheme, host, and port, which allows remote attackers to discover credentials by operating a server with a PAC script, aka internal bug 27593919.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

34%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@android.com — http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html

References

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/ec2fc50d202d975447211012997fe425496c849c
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/ec2fc50d202d975447211012997fe425496c849c

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.