CVE-2016-6769: Google Android

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Smart Lock could enable a local malicious user to access Smart Lock settings without a PIN. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires physical access to an unlocked device where Smart Lock was the last settings pane accessed by the user. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1. Android ID: A-29055171.

Affected products

• Google Android: version 5.0 only; version 5.0.1 only; version 5.0.2 only; version 5.1 only; version 5.1.0 only; version 5.1.1 only; …

Published 2017-01-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.