CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-2457

Published: May 09, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
AndroidGoogle5.0 (including)5.0 (including)
AndroidGoogle5.0.1 (including)5.0.1 (including)
AndroidGoogle5.1 (including)5.1 (including)
AndroidGoogle5.1.0 (including)5.1.0 (including)
AndroidGoogle6.0 (including)6.0 (including)
AndroidGoogle6.0.1 (including)6.0.1 (including)
AndroidUbuntuesm-apps/xenial*
AndroidUbuntutrusty*
AndroidUbuntuvivid/stable-phone-overlay*
AndroidUbuntuwily*
AndroidUbuntuxenial*
AndroidUbuntuyakkety*
AndroidUbuntuzesty*

References