Samsung Text-to-speech Engine App up to 3.0 on Android privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Samsung Text-to-speech Engine App up to 3.0 on Android. This affects an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-16253. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Samsung Text-to-speech Engine App up to 3.0 on Android (Android App Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Text-to-speech Engine (aka SamsungTTS) application before 3.0.02.7 and 3.0.00.101 for Android allows a local attacker to escalate privileges, e.g., to system privileges. The Samsung case ID is 101755.

The weakness was shared 09/25/2019. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-16253 since 09/11/2019. The attack needs to be approached locally. The successful exploitation needs a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 3.0.02.7 or 3.0.00.101 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Text-to-speech Engine App 3.0.02.7/3.0.00.101

Timelineinfo

09/11/2019 🔍
09/25/2019 +14 days 🔍
09/26/2019 +1 days 🔍
12/28/2023 +1554 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: samsung.com

Advisory: 154614
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-16253 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-16253
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-142304
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20130704

Entryinfo

Created: 09/26/2019 12:50
Updated: 12/28/2023 09:54
Changes: 09/26/2019 12:50 (37), 09/09/2020 09:05 (18), 12/28/2023 09:54 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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