PT-2018-19027 · Google · Android

Published 2018-11-14 · Updated 2018-12-27 · CVE-2018-9523

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 7.0 through 9

Description The issue is related to a parcel serialization/deserialization mismatch in the Parcel.java file due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not required for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android versions 7.0 through 9, apply the fix for the parcel serialization/deserialization mismatch issue in Parcel.java to prevent local escalation of privilege. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-9523

Affected Products

Android

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9523 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-9523 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-11-01 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/105847 · Note