CVE-2016-7988

moderate-risk

Published 2016-10-31

On Samsung Galaxy S4 through S7 devices, absence of permissions on the BroadcastReceiver responsible for handling the com.[Samsung].android.intent.action.SET_WIFI intent leads to unsolicited configuration messages being handled by wifi-service.jar within the Android Framework, a subset of SVE-2016-6542.

Do I need to act?

0.09% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.5/10 High

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (16)

Android

Affected Vendors

Google

References (4)

Vendor Advisory http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-AUG-2016

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94081

Vendor Advisory http://security.samsungmobile.com/smrupdate.html#SMR-AUG-2016

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94081

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moderate-risk

Severity 26/34 · High

Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal

Exposure 18/34 · Moderate