What is CVE-2016-2457?

CVE-2016-2457 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-05-09.

How severe is CVE-2016-2457?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2016-2457

server/pm/UserManagerService.java in Wi-Fi in Android 5.0.x before 5.0.2, 5.1.x before 5.1.1, and 6.x before 2016-05-01 allows attackers to bypass intended restrictions on Wi-Fi configuration changes by leveraging guest access, aka internal bug 27411179.

EPSS: 0.002 (9.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
security@android.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2457?: CVE-2016-2457 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2016-05-09.
How severe is CVE-2016-2457?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.