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CVE-2016-3886

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3886 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Android 7.0 (prior to the September 2016 patch) affecting the System UI Tuner. A physically proximate attacker could modify settings on the lock screen, potentially gaining elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 6.8 (Medium), this vulnerability requires physical access to the device and could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.8MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
PHYSICAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
9.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0020 is in the 18th percentile among its peer group of 1,530 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

Vendor Patches (1)

googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

android.googlesource.com / platform/frameworks/base/+/6ca6cd5a50311d58a1b7bf8fbef3f9aa29eadcd5
Issue TrackingPatch
source.android.com / security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/92860
securitytracker.com / id/1036763