CVE-2015-6643 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting the Setup Wizard in Android 5.x and 6.0, allowing physically proximate attackers to bypass reset protection or modify settings. With a CVSS score of 6.6, this flaw requires physical access to the device and low privileges, but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there are no known public exploits or Metasploit modules, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness despite its inactive status on the CISA KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.