Setup Wizard in Android 5.1.x before LMY49H and 6.x before 2016-03-01 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the Factory Reset Pro…

published 2016-03-12 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-0843

cvss: 6.1; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
public exploits: 0; none known

Setup Wizard in Android 5.1.x before LMY49H and 6.x before 2016-03-01 allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the Factory Reset Protection protection mechanism and delete data via unspecified vectors, aka internal bug 25955042.

Patch / fix

distros 1

android Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 20160307-0742-0ubuntu3

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0832

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Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	6.1	CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-254 7PK - Security Features
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

source.android.com /security/bulletin/2016-03-01.html
vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/84264
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2016-0832
NVD CVE-2016-0832

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Summary