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CVE-2018-16272

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-01-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

The wpa_supplicant system service in Samsung Galaxy Gear series allows an unprivileged process to fully control the Wi-Fi interface, due to the lack of its D-Bus security policy configurations. This affects Tizen-based firmwares including Samsung Galaxy Gear series before build RE2.

Affected products

• Samsung Galaxy Gear Firmware: before re2 — fixed in re2
• Samsung Gear 2 Firmware: before re2 — fixed in re2
• Samsung Gear Fit 2 Firmware: before re2 — fixed in re2
• Samsung Gear Fit 2 Pro Firmware: before re2 — fixed in re2
• Samsung Gear Fit Firmware: before re2 — fixed in re2
• Samsung Gear Live Firmware: before re2 — fixed in re2
• Samsung Gear S2 Firmware: before re2 — fixed in re2
• Samsung Gear S3 Firmware: before re2 — fixed in re2
• Samsung Gear S Firmware: before re2 — fixed in re2
• Samsung Gear Sport Firmware: before re2 — fixed in re2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Samsung Galaxy Gear Firmware re2; Samsung Gear 2 Firmware re2; Samsung Gear Fit 2 Firmware re2; Samsung Gear Fit 2 Pro Firmware re2; Samsung Gear Fit Firmware re2; Samsung Gear Live Firmware re2; Samsung Gear S2 Firmware re2; Samsung Gear S3 Firmware re2; Samsung Gear S Firmware re2; Samsung Gear Sport Firmware re2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2026/DEF%20CON%2026%20presentations/Dongsung%20Kim%20and%20Hyoung%20Kee%20Choi%20-%20Updated/DEFCON-26-Dongsung-Kim-and-Hyoung-Kee-Choi-Your-Watch-Can-Watch-You-Updated.pdf
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.be
• https://media.defcon.org/DEF%20CON%2026/DEF%20CON%2026%20presentations/Dongsung%20Kim%20and%20Hyoung%20Kee%20Choi%20-%20Updated/DEFCON-26-Dongsung-Kim-and-Hyoung-Kee-Choi-Your-Watch-Can-Watch-You-Updated.pdf
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IdgBwbOT-g&feature=youtu.be

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