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CVE-2016-11040

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-11040 describes a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass vulnerability affecting Samsung mobile devices running Android L (versions 5.0/5.1) with USB OTG MyFile2014_L_ESS support. This medium-severity vulnerability, rated 4.6 CVSSv3.1, allows an attacker with physical access to the device to bypass FRP, potentially leading to unauthorized access to the device's functionality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.6MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
0.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
3.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0013 is in the 4th percentile among its peer group of 1,531 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

security.samsungmobile.com / securityUpdate.smsb
Vendor Advisory