JR East up to 1.2.4 on Android Access Restriction privilege escalation

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in JR East Japan Train Operation Information Push Notification App up to 1.2.4 on Android (Web Browser). This affects an unknown function of the component Access Restriction. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 05/17/2019. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-5954 since 01/10/2019. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/18/2019).

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

Vendor

• JR East

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• Japan Train Operation Information Push Notification App

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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Class: Privilege escalation (CWE-269)
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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0-Day Time: ?01/10/2019 CVE assigned
05/17/2019 +127 days Advisory disclosed
05/18/2019 +1 days VulDB entry created
05/18/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateCVE: CVE-2019-5954 (?)
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20130704Created: 05/18/2019 09:42 AM
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