CVE-2019-16253
SamsungTTS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
The Text-to-speech Engine (aka SamsungTTS) application before 3.0.02.7 and 3.0.00.101 for Android allows a local attacker to escalate privileges, e.g., to system privileges. The Samsung case ID is 101755.
INFO
Published Date :
Sept. 25, 2019, 11:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Aug. 24, 2020, 5:37 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2019-16253 has a 8 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2019-16253.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
Curated list of awesome Android apps making use of Shizuku
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As of oneui 4.1 with android security patch august 1st of 2023 in android 12, DOES NOT WORK. It might work with update version lower than listed
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Java Makefile C
About Run commands as system (uid 1000) on Samsung devices! Includes API for privileged access!
Java Makefile C
SMT Shell with a twist! Fully updated and upgraded.
Java Makefile C
Exploit I discovered in October of 2022 with androids Package manager binary (pm) and the way it handled debugging flags, patched out by march 2023. Uses CVE-2019-16253 as a payload to obtain a system shell.
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CVE-2019-16253 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Aug. 24, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-269 NVD-CWE-noinfo -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 06, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://blog.flanker017.me/text-to-speech-speaks-pwned/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://github.com/flankerhqd/vendor-android-cves/tree/master/SMT-CVE-2019-16253 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Oct. 01, 2019
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154614/Samsung-Mobile-Android-SamsungTTS-Privilege-Escalation.html No Types Assigned http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154614/Samsung-Mobile-Android-SamsungTTS-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Added CWE CWE-269 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:samsung:text-to-speech:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:* versions up to (excluding) 3.0.00.101 *cpe:2.3:a:samsung:text-to-speech:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:* versions from (including) 3.0.00.102 up to (excluding) 3.0.02.7
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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Exploit Prediction
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0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.05635
percentile