A vulnerability was found in Samsung Galaxy S9 up to 1.4.20 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component GameServiceReceiver Update Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Samsung Galaxy S9 prior to 1.4.20.2. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of the GameServiceReceiver update mechanism. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-7477.

The bug was discovered 03/05/2019. The weakness was released 06/03/2019. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-6742 since 01/24/2019. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 90 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 1.4.20.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-135895 and VDB-135894. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• Samsung

Name

• Galaxy S9

Version

• 1.4.0
• 1.4.1
• 1.4.2
• 1.4.3
• 1.4.4
• 1.4.5
• 1.4.6
• 1.4.7
• 1.4.8
• 1.4.9
• 1.4.10
• 1.4.11
• 1.4.12
• 1.4.13
• 1.4.14
• 1.4.15
• 1.4.16
• 1.4.17
• 1.4.18
• 1.4.19
• 1.4.20

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• commercial

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