PT-2019-14164 · Samsung · Com.Samsung.Android.Themecenter+1

Published 2019-11-14 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-15435

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Samsung A7 Android device with a build fingerprint of samsung/a7y17ltexx/a7y17lte:8.0.0/R16NW/A720FXXU7CSC2:user/release-keys com.samsung.android.themecenter app version 7.0.0.0

Description The issue concerns a pre-installed app on the Samsung A7 Android device that allows other pre-installed apps to perform app installation via an accessible app component. This capability can be accessed by any pre-installed app on the device that can obtain signatureOrSystem permissions required by other pre-installed apps that exported their capabilities.

Recommendations For the Samsung A7 Android device, consider restricting the com.samsung.android.themecenter app's capabilities to prevent unauthorized app installations. For the com.samsung.android.themecenter app version 7.0.0.0, restrict access to the app component that allows app installation to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-15435

Affected Products

Samsung A7

Com.Samsung.Android.Themecenter

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15435 · Security Note
• https://kryptowire.com/android-firmware-2019 · Note