CVE-2019-20773 Command injection in n/a

What is CVE-2019-20773?

CVE-2019-20773 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Google Android, published on 17 Apr 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered on LG mobile devices with Android OS 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, and 9.0 software. Unprivileged applications can execute shell commands via the connectivity service. The LG ID is LVE-SMP-190008 (August 2019).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-20773?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2019-20773?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-20773 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2019-20773 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-20773 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-89xq-595m-2wqw.