CVE-2016-4477 Command injection in n/a
Local attackers can inject newlines into passphrase parameters to trigger arbitrary library loading, leading to privilege escalation or denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-4477?
CVE-2016-4477 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Google Android, published on 9 May 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
wpa_supplicant 0.4.0 through 2.5 does not reject \n and \r characters in passphrase parameters, which allows local users to trigger arbitrary library loading and consequently gain privileges, or cause a denial of service (daemon outage), via a crafted (1) SET, (2) SET_CRED, or (3) SET_NETWORK command.
Weakness: CWE-19
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-4477?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2016-4477?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2016-4477 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-4477 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2016-4477, CVE-2016-2447, DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4477, GHSA-3wj5-xm6v-9hmq, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4477.