Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Android - CVE-2019-14783

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Google Android - CVE-2019-14783

Published: August 8, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU35639
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14783
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Google
Affected software:
Google Android

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to manipulate data.

On Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x), and O(8.x), P(9.0) software, FotaAgent allows a malicious application to create privileged files. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-14764.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-14783

Install update from vendor's website.

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