Google Android 9.0 Setup Wizard privilege escalation

A vulnerability was found in Google Android 9.0 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Setup Wizard. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 07/08/2019. It is possible to read the advisory at source.android.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-2113 since 12/10/2018. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/09/2019). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

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

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 137484, 137485, 137486 and 137487.

Type

• Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

• Google

Name

• Android

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

VulDB Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Temp Score: 6.8
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Class: Privilege escalation (CWE-269)
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Remediation: 🔍Recommended: no mitigation known

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12/10/2018 CVE assigned
07/08/2019 +210 days Advisory disclosed
07/09/2019 +1 days VulDB entry created
07/09/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateVendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com

CVE: CVE-2019-2113 (🔒)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Created: 07/09/2019 08:33 AM
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