VDB-93197 · CVE-2016-7989 · BID 94082

Samsung Galaxy S4/S5/S6/S7 OTA WAP PUSH SMS wifi-service.jar WifiServiceImpl 7pk security

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Samsung Galaxy S4/S5/S6/S7. Impacted is the function WifiServiceImpl of the file wifi-service.jar of the component OTA WAP PUSH SMS. The manipulation leads to 7pk security. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-7989. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Samsung Galaxy S4/S5/S6/S7 (Smartphone Operating System). This issue affects the function WifiServiceImpl of the file wifi-service.jar of the component OTA WAP PUSH SMS. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a 7pk security vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-254. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

On Samsung Galaxy S4 through S7 devices, a malformed OTA WAP PUSH SMS containing an OMACP message sent remotely triggers an unhandled ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException in Samsung's implementation of the WifiServiceImpl class within wifi-service.jar. This causes the Android runtime to continually crash, rendering the device unusable until a factory reset is performed, a subset of SVE-2016-6542.

The weakness was disclosed 10/31/2016 (Website). The advisory is shared at security.samsungmobile.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-7989 since 09/09/2016. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1211 for this issue.

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 94082†). The entries VDB-93196, VDB-93198, VDB-93199 and VDB-95506 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

Type

Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

Samsung

Name

Galaxy

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.samsung.com/

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.5

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Exploitinginfo

Class: 7pk security
CWE: CWE-254
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

09/09/2016 🔍
10/31/2016 +52 days 🔍
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10/31/2016 +0 days 🔍
05/21/2019 +932 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: security.samsungmobile.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-7989 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7989
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93197
SecurityFocus: 94082 - Multiple Samsung Galaxy Devices CVE-2016-7989 Denial of Service Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/31/2016 16:15
Updated: 05/21/2019 09:22
Changes: 10/31/2016 16:15 (53), 05/21/2019 09:22 (12)
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Cache ID: 216:7E3:103

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