CVE-2016-3853 — Google Play services in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus devices allow local users to bypass the Factory Reset Protection protection mechanism and delete data via unspecified vectors, aka internal bug 26803208

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Google Play services in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus devices allow local users to bypass the Factory Reset Protection protection mechanism and delete data via unspecified vectors, aka internal bug 26803208

Published Aug 5, 2016

5.5

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.14%

Description

Google Play services in Android before 2016-08-05 on Nexus devices allow local users to bypass the Factory Reset Protection protection mechanism and delete data via unspecified vectors, aka internal bug 26803208.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.14% 0.00142

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00142

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.14% (0.00142)	2.89th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.14% (0.00142)	3.77th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.01% (0.00012)	0.84th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (2)

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92255
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-08-01.html		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92255		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner google_android

Published Aug 5, 2016

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Mar 30, 2016

Link CVE-2016-3853

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-3853

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2016-3853