PT-2017-1209 · Samsung · Samsung Note+1

0Xr0Ot · Published 2017-01-18 · Updated 2017-01-27 · CVE-2016-6527

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Samsung Mobile Telecom application (affected versions not specified) Samsung Note device versions 5.0/5.1 through 6.0

Description The issue is related to insufficient access control in the SmartCall Activity component of the Telecom application. It may allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash and reboot, or possibly gain privileges. This can be achieved via a malformed serializable object.

Recommendations For Samsung Note device versions 5.0/5.1 through 6.0, consider restricting access to the SmartCall Activity component until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the Telecom application on affected devices until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00322

CVE-2016-6527

Affected Products

Samsung Mobile Telecom Application

Samsung Note

References · 6

• http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-AUG-2016 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6527 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00322 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6527 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/05/1 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92330 · Note