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CVE-2019-2054

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-2054 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Android kernels prior to version 4.8. It stems from a seccomp bypass when policies allow ptrace, potentially enabling an attacker to gain elevated privileges without user interaction or additional execution rights. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploits or Metasploit modules are available, and community discussion is minimal, the FAUCET Risk Score of 59/100 suggests a moderate risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
46.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0063 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Vendor Patches (4)

googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-alt
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-2054Moderate

kernel: seccompass mechanism bypass

May 1, 2019

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/153799/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0053-1.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
packetstormsecurity.com / files/154951/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0058-1.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
source.android.com / security/bulletin/2019-05-01
Vendor Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4076-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 4095-2
Third Party Advisory