CVE-2019-16253 (GCVE-0-2019-16253)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-09-25 22:40 – Updated: 2024-08-05 01:10
VLAI
Summary
The Text-to-speech Engine (aka SamsungTTS) application before 3.0.02.7 and 3.0.00.101 for Android allows a local attacker to escalate privileges, e.g., to system privileges. The Samsung case ID is 101755.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Show details on NVD website
To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-05T01:10:41.668Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_MISC",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154614/Samsung-Mobile-Android-SamsungTTS-Privilege-Escalation.html"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_MISC",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://github.com/flankerhqd/vendor-android-cves/tree/master/SMT-CVE-2019-16253"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_MISC",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://blog.flanker017.me/text-to-speech-speaks-pwned/"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "The Text-to-speech Engine (aka SamsungTTS) application before 3.0.02.7 and 3.0.00.101 for Android allows a local attacker to escalate privileges, e.g., to system privileges. The Samsung case ID is 101755."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "description": "n/a",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2020-02-06T16:04:06.000Z",
        "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
        "shortName": "mitre"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154614/Samsung-Mobile-Android-SamsungTTS-Privilege-Escalation.html"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/flankerhqd/vendor-android-cves/tree/master/SMT-CVE-2019-16253"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "https://blog.flanker017.me/text-to-speech-speaks-pwned/"
        }
      ],
      "x_legacyV4Record": {
        "CVE_data_meta": {
          "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org",
          "ID": "CVE-2019-16253",
          "STATE": "PUBLIC"
        },
        "affects": {
          "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
              {
                "product": {
                  "product_data": [
                    {
                      "product_name": "n/a",
                      "version": {
                        "version_data": [
                          {
                            "version_value": "n/a"
                          }
                        ]
                      }
                    }
                  ]
                },
                "vendor_name": "n/a"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "data_format": "MITRE",
        "data_type": "CVE",
        "data_version": "4.0",
        "description": {
          "description_data": [
            {
              "lang": "eng",
              "value": "The Text-to-speech Engine (aka SamsungTTS) application before 3.0.02.7 and 3.0.00.101 for Android allows a local attacker to escalate privileges, e.g., to system privileges. The Samsung case ID is 101755."
            }
          ]
        },
        "problemtype": {
          "problemtype_data": [
            {
              "description": [
                {
                  "lang": "eng",
                  "value": "n/a"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "references": {
          "reference_data": [
            {
              "name": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154614/Samsung-Mobile-Android-SamsungTTS-Privilege-Escalation.html",
              "refsource": "MISC",
              "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154614/Samsung-Mobile-Android-SamsungTTS-Privilege-Escalation.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "https://github.com/flankerhqd/vendor-android-cves/tree/master/SMT-CVE-2019-16253",
              "refsource": "MISC",
              "url": "https://github.com/flankerhqd/vendor-android-cves/tree/master/SMT-CVE-2019-16253"
            },
            {
              "name": "https://blog.flanker017.me/text-to-speech-speaks-pwned/",
              "refsource": "MISC",
              "url": "https://blog.flanker017.me/text-to-speech-speaks-pwned/"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
    "assignerShortName": "mitre",
    "cveId": "CVE-2019-16253",
    "datePublished": "2019-09-25T22:40:55.000Z",
    "dateReserved": "2019-09-11T00:00:00.000Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-05T01:10:41.668Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "epss": {
      "cve": "CVE-2019-16253",
      "date": "2026-10-01",
      "epss": "0.01192",
      "percentile": "0.66884"
    },
    "nvd": {
      "cve": {
        "configurations": [
          {
            "nodes": [
              {
                "cpeMatch": [
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:samsung:text-to-speech:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "BED0250B-631B-4ABF-9505-BBA8070E62EF",
                    "versionEndExcluding": "3.0.00.101",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  },
                  {
                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:samsung:text-to-speech:*:*:*:*:*:android:*:*",
                    "matchCriteriaId": "4BC1FAFC-7A7A-4DA4-BF34-06EB0369EECA",
                    "versionEndExcluding": "3.0.02.7",
                    "versionStartIncluding": "3.0.00.102",
                    "vulnerable": true
                  }
                ],
                "negate": false,
                "operator": "OR"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
        "cveTags": [],
        "descriptions": [
          {
            "lang": "en",
            "value": "The Text-to-speech Engine (aka SamsungTTS) application before 3.0.02.7 and 3.0.00.101 for Android allows a local attacker to escalate privileges, e.g., to system privileges. The Samsung case ID is 101755."
          },
          {
            "lang": "es",
            "value": "La aplicaci\u00f3n Text-to-speech Engine (tambi\u00e9n se conoce como SamsungTTS) versiones anteriores a 3.0.02.7 y 3.0.00.101 para Android, permite a un atacante local escalar privilegios, por ejemplo, privilegios de sistema. La identificaci\u00f3n del caso de Samsung es 101755."
          }
        ],
        "id": "CVE-2019-16253",
        "lastModified": "2024-11-21T04:30:23.687",
        "metrics": {
          "cvssMetricV2": [
            {
              "acInsufInfo": false,
              "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
              "cvssData": {
                "accessComplexity": "LOW",
                "accessVector": "LOCAL",
                "authentication": "NONE",
                "availabilityImpact": "COMPLETE",
                "baseScore": 7.2,
                "confidentialityImpact": "COMPLETE",
                "integrityImpact": "COMPLETE",
                "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
                "version": "2.0"
              },
              "exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
              "impactScore": 10.0,
              "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
              "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
              "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
              "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
              "type": "Primary",
              "userInteractionRequired": false
            }
          ],
          "cvssMetricV31": [
            {
              "cvssData": {
                "attackComplexity": "LOW",
                "attackVector": "LOCAL",
                "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
                "baseScore": 7.8,
                "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
                "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
                "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
                "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
                "scope": "UNCHANGED",
                "userInteraction": "NONE",
                "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                "version": "3.1"
              },
              "exploitabilityScore": 1.8,
              "impactScore": 5.9,
              "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
              "type": "Primary"
            }
          ]
        },
        "published": "2019-09-25T23:15:10.607",
        "references": [
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "tags": [
              "Exploit",
              "Third Party Advisory",
              "VDB Entry"
            ],
            "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154614/Samsung-Mobile-Android-SamsungTTS-Privilege-Escalation.html"
          },
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "url": "https://blog.flanker017.me/text-to-speech-speaks-pwned/"
          },
          {
            "source": "cve@mitre.org",
            "url": "https://github.com/flankerhqd/vendor-android-cves/tree/master/SMT-CVE-2019-16253"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "tags": [
              "Exploit",
              "Third Party Advisory",
              "VDB Entry"
            ],
            "url": "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154614/Samsung-Mobile-Android-SamsungTTS-Privilege-Escalation.html"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "https://blog.flanker017.me/text-to-speech-speaks-pwned/"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "https://github.com/flankerhqd/vendor-android-cves/tree/master/SMT-CVE-2019-16253"
          }
        ],
        "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
        "vulnStatus": "Modified",
        "weaknesses": [
          {
            "description": [
              {
                "lang": "en",
                "value": "NVD-CWE-noinfo"
              }
            ],
            "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
            "type": "Primary"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}



Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.





Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.



Related by attack behaviour

Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.