FKIE_CVE-2018-16272

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-01-22 14:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:44
Severity
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The wpa_supplicant system service in Samsung Galaxy Gear series allows an unprivileged process to fully control the Wi-Fi interface, due to the lack of its D-Bus security policy configurations. This affects Tizen-based firmwares including Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2026/DEF%20CON%2026%20presentations/Dongsung%20Kim%20and%20Hyoung%20Kee%20Choi%20-%20Updated/DEFCON-26-Dongsung-Kim-and-Hyoung-Kee-Choi-Your-Watch-Can-Watch-You-Updated.pdfExploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.beExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2026/DEF%20CON%2026%20presentations/Dongsung%20Kim%20and%20Hyoung%20Kee%20Choi%20-%20Updated/DEFCON-26-Dongsung-Kim-and-Hyoung-Kee-Choi-Your-Watch-Can-Watch-You-Updated.pdfExploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.beExploit, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
samsung galaxy_gear_firmware *
samsung galaxy_gear -
samsung gear_2_firmware *
samsung gear_2 -
samsung gear_live_firmware *
samsung gear_live -
samsung gear_s_firmware *
samsung gear_s -
samsung gear_s2_firmware *
samsung gear_s2 -
samsung gear_s3_firmware *
samsung gear_s3 -
samsung gear_sport_firmware *
samsung gear_sport -
samsung gear_fit_firmware *
samsung gear_fit -
samsung gear_fit_2_firmware *
samsung gear_fit_2 -
samsung gear_fit_2_pro_firmware *
samsung gear_fit_2_pro -
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