7.8
HIGH
CVE-2018-14993
"ASUS Zenfone V Live and ZenFone 3 Max Unauthorized System Access"
Description

The ASUS Zenfone V Live Android device with a build fingerprint of asus/VZW_ASUS_A009/ASUS_A009:7.1.1/NMF26F/14.0610.1802.78-20180313:user/release-keys and 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 both contain a pre-installed platform app with a package name of com.asus.splendidcommandagent (versionCode=1510200090, versionName=1.2.0.18_160928) that contains an exported service named com.asus.splendidcommandagent.SplendidCommandAgentService that allows any app co-located on the device to supply arbitrary commands to be executed as the system user. This app cannot be disabled by the user and the attack can be performed by a zero-permission app. Executing commands as system user can allow a third-party app to video record the user's screen, factory reset the device, obtain the user's notifications, read the logcat logs, inject events in the Graphical User Interface (GUI), change the default Input Method Editor (IME) (e.g., keyboard) with one contained within the attacking app that contains keylogging functionality, obtain the user's text messages, and more.

INFO

Published Date :

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

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:50 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-14993 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
2 Asus zenfone_v_live_firmware
3 Asus zenfone_3_max
4 Asus zenfone_v_live
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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.kryptowire.com
    Added Reference https://www.kryptowire.com/portal/android-firmware-defcon-2018/
    Added Reference https://www.kryptowire.com/portal/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DEFCON-26-Johnson-and-Stavrou-Vulnerable-Out-of-the-Box-An-Eval-of-Android-Carrier-Devices-WP-Updated.pdf
  • 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 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 02, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://www.kryptowire.com/portal/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DEFCON-26-Johnson-and-Stavrou-Vulnerable-Out-of-the-Box-An-Eval-of-Android-Carrier-Devices-WP-Updated.pdf No Types Assigned https://www.kryptowire.com/portal/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/DEFCON-26-Johnson-and-Stavrou-Vulnerable-Out-of-the-Box-An-Eval-of-Android-Carrier-Devices-WP-Updated.pdf Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
    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_v_live_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:asus:zenfone_v_live:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration AND OR *cpe:2.3:o:asus:zenfone_3_max_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR cpe:2.3:h:asus:zenfone_3_max:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

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

0.05 }} 0.01%

score

0.19461

percentile

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