PT-2020-7977 · Marvell+2 · Marvell Chipsets+2

Published 2020-04-07 · Updated 2020-04-08 · CVE-2016-11048

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.6

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Samsung mobile devices with L(5.0/5.1) (Spreadtrum or Marvell chipsets) software

Description: An issue was discovered on Samsung mobile devices, allowing for a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass. This means that the protection mechanism designed to prevent unauthorized access to a device after a factory reset can be circumvented.

Recommendations: For Samsung mobile devices with L(5.0/5.1) (Spreadtrum or Marvell chipsets) software, as a temporary workaround, consider disabling the Factory Reset Protection feature until a patch is available. However, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-11048

Affected Products

Marvell Chipsets

Samsung Mobile Devices

Spreadtrum Chipsets

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-11048 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-11048 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.samsungmobile.com/securityUpdate.smsb · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/2468 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/11054 · Telegram Post