CVE Catalog

CVE-2016-7988

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

The lack of proper permissions may allow attackers to send unauthorized configuration messages, potentially leading to unwanted changes in the device's Wi-Fi settings.

Recommendation

It is recommended to implement appropriate permissions for the BroadcastReceiver to prevent unauthorized access to Wi-Fi configuration.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS