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CVE-2019-14783

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.5)—
Severity5.5Medium · CVSS 3.1
Exploitation probability0.25 %higher than 15% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

On Samsung mobile devices with N(7.x), and O(8.x), P(9.0) software, FotaAgent allows a malicious application to create privileged files. The Samsung ID is SVE-2019-14764.

CVSS

Base score
5.5
Version
3.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.25 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
15
Score date
10/20/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Google — Android

CWEs

References

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