Asus ZenFone 4 com.asus.loguploader permission assignment

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A vulnerability has been found in Asus ZenFone 4 and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component com.asus.loguploader. Performing a manipulation results in permission assignment. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2019-15398. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Asus ZenFone 4 (the affected version unknown). This affects an unknown part of the component com.asus.loguploader. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission assignment vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-732. The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Asus ZenFone 4 Selfie Android device with a build fingerprint of asus/WW_Z01M/ASUS_Z01M_1:7.1.1/NMF26F/WW_user_11.40.208.77_20170922:user/release-keys contains a pre-installed app with a package name of com.asus.loguploaderproxy app (versionCode=1570000015, versionName=7.0.0.3_161222) that allows other pre-installed apps to perform command execution via an accessible app component. This capability can be accessed by any pre-installed app on the device which can obtain signatureOrSystem permissions that are required by other other pre-installed apps that exported their capabilities to other pre-installed app.

The weakness was released 11/14/2019. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-15398 since 08/22/2019. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Asus

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• ZenFone 4

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.asus.com/

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