CVE-2016-3761

Status: ModifiedMedium (4)—
Severity4Medium · CVSS 3.0
Exploitation probability0.18 %higher than 7% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

NfcService.java in NFC in Android 4.x before 4.4.4, 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-07-01 allows attackers to obtain sensitive foreground-application information via a crafted background application, aka internal bug 28300969.

CVSS

Base score
4
Version
3.0
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.18 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
7
Score date
10/24/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

CWEs

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