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: 6.8 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-14783
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Google Android
How to mitigate CVE-2019-14783
Install update from vendor's website.