CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-14220

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Sep 24, 2019 | Modified: Sep 08, 2021
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An issue was discovered in BlueStacks 4.110 and below on macOS and on 4.120 and below on Windows. BlueStacks employs Android running in a virtual machine (VM) to enable Android apps to run on Windows or MacOS. Bug is in a local arbitrary file read through a system service call. The impacted method runs with System admin privilege and if given the file name as parameter returns you the content of file. A malicious app using the affected method can then read the content of any system file which it is not authorized to read

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Bluestacks Bluestacks * 4.120 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References