CVE-2019-15447

HIGH

Samsung S7 Edge - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Samsung S7 Edge Android device with a build fingerprint of samsung/hero2ltexx/hero2lte:8.0.0/R16NW/G935FXXS4ESC3:user/release-keys contains a pre-installed app with a package name of com.samsung.android.themecenter app (versionCode=7000000, versionName=7.0.0.0) that allows other pre-installed apps to perform app installation via an accessible app component. This capability can be accessed by any pre-installed app on the device which can obtain signatureOrSystem permissions that are required by other other pre-installed apps that exported their capabilities to other pre-installed app.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.kryptowire.com/android-firmware-2019/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0010
EPSS Percentile 27.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (1)
samsung/galaxy_s7_edge_firmware
Published Nov 14, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026