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CVE-2016-3890

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3890 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Java Debug Wire Protocol (JDWP) implementation within Android's adb/sockets.cpp, affecting Android versions 4.x, 5.0.x, 5.1.x, and 6.x prior to specific patch levels. It arises from mishandling socket close operations, allowing a crafted application to gain elevated privileges. The vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.0 (HIGH), indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity, requiring user interaction, but leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.0HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0075 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 386 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.0 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/system/core/+/014b01706cc64dc9c2ad94a96f62e07c058d0b5d
Issue TrackingPatch
android.googlesource.com / platform/system/core/+/268068f25673242d1d5130d96202d3288c91b700
Issue TrackingPatch
source.android.com / security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/92851
securitytracker.com / id/1036763