7.1
HIGH
CVE-2018-14980
"ASUS ZenFone 3 Max Android Android Framework Screenshot Exploit"
Description

The ASUS ZenFone 3 Max Android device with a build fingerprint of asus/US_Phone/ASUS_X008_1:7.0/NRD90M/US_Phone-14.14.1711.92-20171208:user/release-keys contains the android framework (i.e., system_server) with a package name of android (versionCode=24, versionName=7.0) that has been modified by ASUS or another entity in the supply chain. The system_server process in the core android package has an exported broadcast receiver that allows any app co-located on the device to programmatically initiate the taking of a screenshot and have the resulting screenshot be written to external storage (i.e., sdcard). The taking of a screenshot is not transparent to the user; the device has a screen animation as the screenshot is taken and there is a notification indicating that a screenshot occurred. If the attacking app also requests the EXPAND_STATUS_BAR permission, it can wake the device up using certain techniques and expand the status bar to take a screenshot of the user's notifications even if the device has an active screen lock. The notifications may contain sensitive data such as text messages used in two-factor authentication. The system_server process that provides this capability cannot be disabled, as it is part of the Android framework. The notification can be removed by a local Denial of Service (DoS) attack to reboot the device.

INFO

Published Date :

April 25, 2019, 8:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 3, 2019, 12:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-14980 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Asus zenfone_3_max_firmware
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://www.kryptowire.com Third Party Advisory
https://www.kryptowire.com/portal/android-firmware-defcon-2018/ Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-14980 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-77 CWE-611 CWE-732
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 02, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://www.kryptowire.com/portal/android-firmware-defcon-2018/ No Types Assigned https://www.kryptowire.com/portal/android-firmware-defcon-2018/ Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.kryptowire.com No Types Assigned https://www.kryptowire.com Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-77
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:asus:zenfone_3_max_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:asus:zenfone_3_max:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

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