PT-2019-19476 · Google · Android

Published 2019-09-05 · Updated 2021-07-21 · CVE-2019-9254

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 version 10

Description The issue is related to a possible command injection in the readArgumentList function of zygote.java due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android version 10, consider restricting access to the readArgumentList function in zygote.java to minimize the risk of exploitation until a patch is available.

Fix

Command Injection

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-77

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-9254

Affected Products

Android

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-9254 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9254 · Security Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2019-09-01 · Vendor Advisory