providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java in Android 6.x before 2016-09-01 and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the SAFE_BOOT_DISALLOWED protection mechanism and boot to safe mode via the Android Debug Bridge (adb) tool, aka internal bug 29900345
Published Sep 11, 2016
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.20%
Description
providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java in Android 6.x before 2016-09-01 and 7.0 before 2016-09-01 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the SAFE_BOOT_DISALLOWED protection mechanism and boot to safe mode via the Android Debug Bridge (adb) tool, aka internal bug 29900345.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.20% (0.00203) | 9.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.20% (0.00203) | 10.26th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00031) | 5.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00092) | 41.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 13, 2024 | 0.09% (0.00092) | 39.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.09% (0.00092) | 37.84th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (4)
- http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92819 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/91fc934bb2e5ea59929bb2f574de6db9b5100745 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92819 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/91fc934bb2e5ea59929bb2f574de6db9b5100745 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.