CVE-2016-6679 is a sensitive information disclosure vulnerability affecting the Qualcomm Wi-Fi driver in Android devices, specifically Nexus 5X and Android One, prior to the 2016-10-05 security update. An attacker can exploit this by crafting a malicious application that makes a setwpaie ioctl call. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) to achieve high confidentiality impact (C:H), but does not affect integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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