CVE-2015-0571 Information

Description

The WLAN (aka Wi-Fi) driver for the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x as used in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) Android contributions for MSM devices and other products does not verify authorization for private SET IOCTL calls which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application related to wlan_hdd_hostapd.c and wlan_hdd_wext.c.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77691 https://www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/multiple-issues-wlan-driver-allow-local-privilege-escalation-cve-2015

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8