VDB-93196 · CVE-2016-7988 · BID 94081

Samsung Galaxy S4/S5/S6/S7 BroadcastReceiver wifi-service.jar permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Samsung Galaxy S4/S5/S6/S7. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file wifi-service.jar of the component BroadcastReceiver. Executing a manipulation can lead to permission. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-7988. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Samsung Galaxy S4/S5/S6/S7 (Smartphone Operating System). This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the file wifi-service.jar of the component BroadcastReceiver. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-275. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was released 10/31/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at security.samsungmobile.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-7988 since 09/09/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1222.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 94081†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-93197, VDB-93198, VDB-93199 and VDB-95506. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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09/09/2016 🔍
10/31/2016 +52 days 🔍
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11/01/2016 +1 days 🔍
05/21/2019 +931 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: security.samsungmobile.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-7988 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7988
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93196
SecurityFocus: 94081 - Samsung Mobile Phones CVE-2016-7988 Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/31/2016 16:15
Updated: 05/21/2019 09:17
Changes: 10/31/2016 16:15 (51), 05/21/2019 09:17 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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