{"id":"CVE-2016-3887","aliases":["EUVD-2016-4900","GHSA-wx4j-9g5v-8m95"],"status":"published","title":"providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java in Android 7.0 before 2016-09-01 does not properly...","description":"providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java in Android 7.0 before 2016-09-01 does not properly enforce the DISALLOW_CONFIG_VPN setting, which allows attackers to bypass an intended always-on VPN state via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29899712.","severity":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.00476,"percentile":0.41354,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-264"],"published":"2016-09-11T21:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:46:30Z","products":[{"vendor":"google","product":"android"}],"references":[{"url":"https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/335702d106797bce8a88044783fa1fc1d5f751d0","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Issue Tracking","Patch"]},{"url":"http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-09-01.html","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036763","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92872","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3887"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wx4j-9g5v-8m95"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2016-3887","description":"providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java in Android 7.0 before 2016-09-01 does not properly enforce the DISALLOW_CONFIG_VPN setting, which allows attackers to bypass an intended always-on VPN state via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29899712.","status":"published","published":"2016-09-11T21:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T00:10:31.69Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:34.094161Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2016-4900","description":"providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java in Android 7.0 before 2016-09-01 does not properly enforce the DISALLOW_CONFIG_VPN setting, which allows attackers to bypass an intended always-on VPN state via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29899712.","status":"published","published":"2016-09-11T21:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-06T00:10:31Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T02:22:48.690835Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-wx4j-9g5v-8m95","title":"providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java in Android 7.0 before 2016-09-01 does not properly...","description":"providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java in Android 7.0 before 2016-09-01 does not properly enforce the DISALLOW_CONFIG_VPN setting, which allows attackers to bypass an intended always-on VPN state via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29899712.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-17T02:15:04Z","modified":"2023-01-27T05:03:56Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:42:20.947965Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2016-3887","description":"providers/settings/SettingsProvider.java in Android 7.0 before 2016-09-01 does not properly enforce the DISALLOW_CONFIG_VPN setting, which allows attackers to bypass an intended always-on VPN state via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29899712.","status":"published","published":"2016-09-11T21:59:31.87Z","modified":"2026-06-17T00:46:30.937Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-264"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:03:29.893676Z"}]}}