CVE-2018-16272

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Samsung
Status
Galaxy Gear Firmware
Vendor
CVE Published:
22 January 2020

Summary

The wpa_supplicant system service in Samsung Galaxy Gear series allows an unprivileged process to fully control the Wi-Fi interface, due to the lack of its D-Bus security policy configurations. This affects Tizen-based firmwares including Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2.

References

https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2026/DEF%20CON%2026%20...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.be
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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