Privilege Escalation via Push Message Handling in Samsung Galaxy Apps

CVE-2018-10500 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of Samsung Galaxy Apps Fixed in version 6.4.0.15. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of push messages. The issue lies in the ability to start an activity with controlled arguments. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges to resources normally protected from the application. Was ZDI-CAN-5331.

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