CVE-2016-6772

Google Android - WifiNative::setHotlist Stack Overflow

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

An elevation of privilege vulnerability in Wi-Fi could enable a local malicious application to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process. This issue is rated as Moderate because it first requires compromising a privileged process. Product: Android. Versions: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0. Android ID: A-31856351.

Una vulnerabilidad de elevación de privilegios en Wi-Fi podría permitir a una aplicación local maliciosa ejecutar código arbitrario dentro de un contexto de un proceso privilegiado. Este problema está calificado como Moderate porque primero requiere comprometer un proceso privilegiado. Producto: Android. Versiones: 5.0.2, 5.1.1, 6.0, 6.0.1, 7.0. Android ID: A-31856351.

Android suffers from a stack overflow vulnerability in WifiNative::setHotlist.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-08-11 CVE Reserved
2016-12-22 CVE Published
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94701	Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=958	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40945	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-12-01.html	2017-01-20

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Google Search vendor "Google"		Android Search vendor "Google" for product "Android"				5.0 Search vendor "Google" for product "Android" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Google Search vendor "Google"		Android Search vendor "Google" for product "Android"				5.0.1 Search vendor "Google" for product "Android" and version "5.0.1"		-		Affected
Google Search vendor "Google"		Android Search vendor "Google" for product "Android"				5.0.2 Search vendor "Google" for product "Android" and version "5.0.2"		-		Affected
Google Search vendor "Google"		Android Search vendor "Google" for product "Android"				5.1 Search vendor "Google" for product "Android" and version "5.1"		-		Affected
Google Search vendor "Google"		Android Search vendor "Google" for product "Android"				5.1.0 Search vendor "Google" for product "Android" and version "5.1.0"		-		Affected
Google Search vendor "Google"		Android Search vendor "Google" for product "Android"				5.1.1 Search vendor "Google" for product "Android" and version "5.1.1"		-		Affected
Google Search vendor "Google"		Android Search vendor "Google" for product "Android"				6.0 Search vendor "Google" for product "Android" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Google Search vendor "Google"		Android Search vendor "Google" for product "Android"				6.0.1 Search vendor "Google" for product "Android" and version "6.0.1"		-		Affected
Google Search vendor "Google"		Android Search vendor "Google" for product "Android"				7.0 Search vendor "Google" for product "Android" and version "7.0"		-		Affected