Advisory Details

June 7th, 2018

Samsung Galaxy Apps Activity Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2018-10500
CVSS SCORE	4.4, AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Samsung
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Galaxy Apps
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['31145']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on vulnerable installations of Samsung Galaxy Apps. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute low-privileged code on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of push messages. The issue lies in the ability to start an activity with controlled arguments. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges to resources normally protected from the application.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Patched with ThemeStore v. 4.0.60.80109 and GalaxyApps v. 6.4.0.15
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2017-11-05 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2018-06-07 - Coordinated public release of advisory 2018-06-07 - Advisory Updated
CREDIT	Tencent Keen Security Lab

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