CVE-2016-11049 describes a critical vulnerability affecting Samsung mobile devices with specific Shannon chipsets (333/308/310) and software released through January 16, 2016. This flaw allows for the retrieval and modification of a device's International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) due to an error in key information management. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability poses a significant risk, as it can be exploited remotely over the network with low attack complexity, leading to high confidentiality and integrity impacts without user interaction. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not currently a high-profile threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.