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Improper Access Control

CVE-2022-33714

Medium
6.2/10

Summary

Improper access control vulnerability in SemWifiApBroadcastReceiver prior to SMR Aug-2022 Release 1 allows attacker to reset a setting value related to mobile hotspot.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published