PT-2016-1866 · Google · Android

Andy Tyler + 1 · Published 2016-05-09 · Updated 2016-07-12 · CVE-2016-2457

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 5.0.x through 5.0.1 Android versions 5.1.x through 5.1.0 Android versions 6.x before 2016-05-01

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the Wi-Fi component of the Android operating system, specifically in the server/pm/UserManagerService.java function. This allows an attacker to bypass intended restrictions on Wi-Fi configuration changes by leveraging guest access.

Recommendations For Android versions 5.0.x through 5.0.1, update to version 5.0.2 or later. For Android versions 5.1.x through 5.1.0, update to version 5.1.1 or later. For Android versions 6.x before 2016-05-01, update to a version released on or after 2016-05-01.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-01199

CVE-2016-2457

Affected Products

Android

References · 9

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2457 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-01199 · Security Note
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2457 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2457 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2457 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2457 · Vendor Advisory
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/12332e05f632794e18ea8c4ac52c98e82532e5db · Note
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-07-01.html · Note