PT-2016-7040 · Google · Android

Published 2016-10-10 · Updated 2016-12-06 · CVE-2016-6679

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions prior to 2016-10-05

Description The issue allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application that makes a setwpaie ioctl call. This affects Android devices, specifically Nexus 5X and Android One devices.

Recommendations For Android versions prior to 2016-10-05, update to a version released on or after 2016-10-05 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-6679

Affected Products

Android

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6679 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/qcacld-2.0/commit/?id=f081695446679aa44baa0d00940ea18455eeb4c5 · Patch
• http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-10-01.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6679 · Security Note
• https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/la/platform/vendor/qcom-opensource/wlan/prima/commit/?id=d39345f0abc309959d831d09fcbf1619cc0ae0f5 · Patch
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93309 · Note