CVE-2019-15434 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Samsung Galaxy A5 devices running Android 8.0.0, specifically impacting the pre-installed com.samsung.android.themecenter app. This flaw allows other pre-installed applications with signatureOrSystem permissions to install additional apps without user consent, potentially leading to unauthorized software installation. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access and low privileges, but can result in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:samsung:galaxy_a5_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.