CVE-2016-7988 Missing authorization in n/a

What is CVE-2016-7988?

CVE-2016-7988 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Google Android, published on 31 Oct 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

On Samsung Galaxy S4 through S7 devices, absence of permissions on the BroadcastReceiver responsible for handling the com.[Samsung].android.intent.action.SET_WIFI intent leads to unsolicited configuration messages being handled by wifi-service.jar within the Android Framework, a subset of SVE-2016-6542.

Weakness: CWE-388, CWE-275

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7988?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2016-7988?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-7988 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2016-7988 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7988 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-4jj8-v924-vjw8.