PT-2019-15981 · Google · Android

Published 2019-06-19 · Updated 2020-08-24 · CVE-2019-1985

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 8.0

Description The issue is related to a permissions bypass in the findAvailSpellCheckerLocked function of TextServicesManagerService.java. This could allow an attacker to bypass the warning dialog when selecting an untrusted spell checker, potentially leading to local escalation of privilege without requiring additional execution privileges. User interaction is not necessary for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android versions 7.0 through 8.0, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-1985

Affected Products

Android

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-1985 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1985 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2019-03-01 · Vendor Advisory