CVE-2016-2422 Information

Description

Wi-Fi in Android 4.x before 4.4.4 5.0.x before 5.0.2 5.1.x before 5.1.1 and 6.x before 2016-04-01 does not prevent use of a Wi-Fi CA certificate in an unrelated CA role which allows attackers to gain privileges via a crafted application as demonstrated by obtaining Signature or SignatureOrSystem access aka internal bug 26324357.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-04-02.html https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/apps/CertInstaller/+/70dde9870e9450e10418a32206ac1bb30f036b2c

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