CVE-2016-7988

On Samsung Galaxy S4 through S7 devices, absence of permissions on the BroadcastReceiver responsible for handling the com.[Samsung].android.intent.action.SET_WIFI intent leads to unsolicited configuration messages being handled by wifi-service.jar within the Android Framework, a subset of SVE-2016-6542.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 7.8 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-AUG-2016	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94081	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.2.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:4.4.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:::::::*

OR	cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_s4:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_s4_mini:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_s5:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_s6:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:h:samsung:galaxy_s7:-:::::::*

History

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Information

Published : 2016-10-31 10:59

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:46

NVD link : CVE-2016-7988

Mitre link : CVE-2016-7988

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-7988

JSON object : View

Products Affected

samsung

galaxy_s6
galaxy_s4
galaxy_s5
galaxy_s4_mini
galaxy_s7

google

android

CWE

CWE-275

Permission Issues

CWE-388

7PK - Errors

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