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9.3
CVSSv2

CVE-2015-0571

Published: 09/05/2016 Updated: 31/07/2020
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 828
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Vulnerability Summary

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 malicious users to gain privileges via a crafted application, related to wlan_hdd_hostapd.c and wlan_hdd_wext.c.

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References

CWE-862http://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-05-01.htmlhttps://www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/multiple-issues-wlan-driver-allow-local-privilege-escalation-cve-2015http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77691https://nvd.nist.gov
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