CVE-2019-16253 Privilege escalation in n/a
A local attacker can escalate privileges to system level via the Samsung Text-to-speech Engine application on Android devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-16253?
CVE-2019-16253 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 25 Sep 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-16253?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Samsung Text-to-Speech.
How do I fix CVE-2019-16253?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-16253 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-16253 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-16253 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hgm2-f9hx-mh4c.