What is CVE-2019-15405?

CVE-2019-15405 is a high-severity vulnerability in Asus Pegasus 4a, classified under Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-11-14.

How severe is CVE-2019-15405?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Asus Pegasus 4a

CVE-2019-15405

The Asus ASUS_X00K_1 Android device with a build fingerprint of asus/CN_X00K/ASUS_X00K_1:7.0/NRD90M/CN_X00K-14.01.1711.27-20180420:user/release-keys contains a pre-installed app with a package name of com.asus.loguploaderproxy app (versionCode=1570000015, versionName=7.0.0.3_161222) that allows other pre-installed apps to perform command execution 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.

EPSS: 0.004 (36.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-610 — Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-15405?: CVE-2019-15405 is a high-severity vulnerability in Asus Pegasus 4a, classified under Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-11-14.
How severe is CVE-2019-15405?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.