CVE-2015-6623 is a critical privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Wi-Fi in Android 6.0 before the December 2015 security update. An attacker can exploit this flaw via a crafted application to gain elevated privileges, such as Signature or SignatureOrSystem access. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, allowing remote attackers to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with medium attack complexity. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its potential impact.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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