CVE-2019-14220

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-14220
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-09-24 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-09-08 17:22:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Macos - All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os - All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os - All All All
Application Bluestacks Bluestacks All All All All
Application Bluestacks Bluestacks All All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows - All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Release Notes – BlueStacks Support MISC support.bluestacks.com Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
BlueStacks fails to restrict access permissions – BlueStacks Support CONFIRM support.bluestacks.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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