CVE-2018-16272

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 9.8 Critical

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2020-01-22

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-269

Affected products

• Galaxy Gear Firmware (Samsung)
• Gear 2 Firmware (Samsung)
• Gear Fit 2 Firmware (Samsung)
• Gear Fit 2 Pro Firmware (Samsung)
• Gear Fit Firmware (Samsung)
• Gear Live Firmware (Samsung)
• Gear S2 Firmware (Samsung)
• Gear S3 Firmware (Samsung)
• Gear S Firmware (Samsung)
• Gear Sport Firmware (Samsung)

References

• https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2026/DEF%20CON%2026%20presentations/Dongsung%20Kim%20and%20Hyoung%20Kee%20Choi%20-%2…
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.be