CVE-2016-2457

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

Publication date:

09/05/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

server/pm/UserManagerService.java in Wi-Fi in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-05-01 allows attackers to bypass intended restrictions on Wi-Fi configuration changes by leveraging guest access, aka internal bug 27411179.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.10 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

2.10

Severity 2.0

LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.0.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:::::::*

CVE-2016-2457

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools