What is CVE-2018-16272?

CVE-2018-16272 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy_gear, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-01-22.

How severe is CVE-2018-16272?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Samsung Galaxy_gear

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…

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.016 (73.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16272?: CVE-2018-16272 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Samsung Galaxy_gear, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-01-22.
How severe is CVE-2018-16272?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.