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CVE-2016-3897

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3897 is a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability affecting Android versions 4.x, 5.0.x, 5.1.x, and 6.x prior to specific patch levels. The WifiEnterpriseConfig class inadvertently includes Wi-Fi passwords in its toString method output, allowing a crafted application to obtain this sensitive data. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) with a malicious application to succeed, but grants high confidentiality impact (C:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion 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

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
45.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0060 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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 0.1 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/+/55271d454881b67ff38485fdd97598c542cc2d55
Issue TrackingPatch
android.googlesource.com / platform/frameworks/base/+/81be4e3aac55305cbb5c9d523cf5c96c66604b39
Issue TrackingPatch
source.android.com / security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/92842
securitytracker.com / id/1036763