PT-2017-1210 · Samsung · Samsung Note+1

0Xr0Ot · Published 2017-01-18 · Updated 2017-01-27 · CVE-2016-6526

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 and 6.0

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

Recommendations For Samsung Note device versions 5.0/5.1 and 6.0, consider restricting access to the SpamCall Activity component until a fix is available. 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:2017-00323

CVE-2016-6526

Affected Products

Samsung Mobile Telecom Application

Samsung Note

References · 6

• http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-AUG-2016 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00323 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6526 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6526 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/05/1 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92330 · Note