VDB-95507 · CVE-2016-6527 · BID 92330

Samsung Note 5.0/5.1/6.0 SmartCall Activity access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Samsung Note 5.0/5.1/6.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the component SmartCall Activity. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-6527. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung Note 5.0/5.1/6.0 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component SmartCall Activity. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

The SmartCall Activity component in Telecom application on Samsung Note device L(5.0/5.1) and M(6.0) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (crash and reboot) or possibly gain privileges via a malformed serializable object.

The bug was discovered 08/04/2016. The weakness was disclosed 01/18/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at security.samsungmobile.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-6527 since 08/03/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 167 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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 92330†). The entries VDB-93196, VDB-93197, VDB-93198 and VDB-93199 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

08/03/2016 🔍
08/04/2016 +1 days 🔍
08/05/2016 +1 days 🔍
01/18/2017 +166 days 🔍
01/18/2017 +0 days 🔍
01/19/2017 +1 days 🔍
07/24/2020 +1282 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: security.samsungmobile.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-6527 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-6527
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-95507
SecurityFocus: 92330 - Samsung Android Phone Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-6527 - Samsung - Samsung Mobile - High

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/19/2017 09:44
Updated: 07/24/2020 16:53
Changes: 01/19/2017 09:44 (59), 07/24/2020 16:53 (6)
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Cache ID: 216:43F:103

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