CVE-2016-3884
medium
CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
server/notification/NotificationManagerService.java in the Notification Manager Service in Android 6.x before 2016-09-01 and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 lacks uid checks, which allows attackers to bypass intended restrictions on method calls via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29421441.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92875
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/61e9103b5725965568e46657f4781dd8f2e5b623
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92875
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/61e9103b5725965568e46657f4781dd8f2e5b623
CWEs
CWE-284
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.