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CVE-2016-6769
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Smart Lock could enable a local malicious user to access Smart Lock settings without a PIN.…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.15%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- google_android
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Smart Lock could enable a local malicious user to access Smart Lock settings without a PIN. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires physical access to an unlocked device where Smart Lock was the last settings pane accessed by the user. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1. Android ID: A-29055171.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium4.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.15% · top 96% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- Elevation of privilege
- CWE-284 (opens in a new tab)
Affected products
Google Inc. · Android
- affected Android-5.0.2
- affected Android-5.1.1
- affected Android-6.0
- affected Android-6.0.1
References (2)
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 94703 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .