What is CVE-2019-14783?

CVE-2019-14783 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-08-08.

How severe is CVE-2019-14783?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2019-14783

On Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x), and O(8.x), P(9.0) software, FotaAgent allows a malicious application to create privileged files. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-14764.

EPSS: 0.002 (16.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 7.0, 7.1.0, 7.1.1
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14783?: CVE-2019-14783 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-08-08.
How severe is CVE-2019-14783?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.