CVE-2015-6643 Security feature bypass in n/a

Medium 6.6 Published Updated

Physically proximate attackers can bypass reset protection and modify settings in the Android Setup Wizard, requiring a security patch.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2015-6643?

CVE-2015-6643 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Jan 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Setup Wizard in Android 5.x before 5.1.1 LMY49F and 6.0 before 2016-01-01 allows physically proximate attackers to modify settings or bypass a reset protection mechanism via unspecified vectors, aka internal bug 25290269.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-6643?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2015-6643?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-6643 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2015-6643 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-6643 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-v76p-5x3q-xh47.

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