An information disclosure vulnerability in File-Based Encryption could enable a local malicious attacker to bypass operating system protect…

published 2017-05-12 9y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-0847

cvss: 5.5; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
public exploits: 0; none known

An information disclosure vulnerability in File-Based Encryption could enable a local malicious attacker to bypass operating system protections for the lock screen. This issue is rated as Moderate due to the possibility of bypassing the lock screen. Product: Android. Versions: 7.0, 7.1.1. Android ID: A-32793550.

Patch / fix

links 1

source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-05-01 advisory

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Exploit prediction

0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	5.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	4.3	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Google Inc. Android

Classification

Weakness

CWE-922 Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information

References

source.android.com /security/bulletin/2017-05-01
patch, vendor-advisory
securityfocus.com /bid/98140
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-0493
NVD CVE-2017-0493

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