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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2019-16253 EUVD-2019-7059GHSA-hgm2-f9hx-mh4c

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 privi…

Published Sep 25, 2019 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

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.

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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GitHub 1 repository

  • Exploit I discovered in October of 2022 with androids Package manager binary (pm) and the way it handled debugging flags, patched out by march 2023. Uses CVE-2019-16253 as a payload to obtain a syste…

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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