CVE-2016-3833: Google Android

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Shell component in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-08-01 does not properly manage the MANAGE_USERS and CREATE_USERS permissions, which allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted application, aka internal bug 29189712.

Affected products

• Google Android: version 5.0 only; version 5.0.1 only; version 5.1 only; version 5.1.0 only; version 6.0 only; version 6.0.1 only

Published 2016-08-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.