PT-2016-7456 · Samsung+1 · Samsung Galaxy S+1

Published 2016-10-31 · Updated 2016-12-02 · CVE-2016-7988

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Samsung Galaxy S devices versions S4 through S7

Description The issue arises from the absence of permissions on the BroadcastReceiver responsible for handling the "com.[Samsung].android.intent.action.SET WIFI" intent. This leads to unsolicited configuration messages being handled by wifi-service.jar within the Android Framework.

Recommendations For Samsung Galaxy S4 through S7 devices, consider restricting access to the BroadcastReceiver handling the "com.[Samsung].android.intent.action.SET WIFI" intent until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-388

CWE-275

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-7988

Affected Products

Android Framework

Samsung Galaxy S

References · 4

• http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-AUG-2016 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7988 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7988 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94081 · Note