CVE-2019-15027: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command

The MediaTek Embedded Multimedia Card eMMC subsystem for Android on MT65xx, MT66xx, and MT8163 SoC devices allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root via shell metacharacters in a filename under /data, because clearemmcnomediaentry in platform/mt6577/external/meta/emmc/metaclremmc.c...

The vulnerability of the Android operating system allows malicious actors to circumvent data privacy by bypassing the protection of the eMMC memory module when the device is powered on.

The vulnerability of the Android operating system relates to the protection against writing to the eMMC memory module. Exploiting this vulnerability allows a malicious actor to circumvent the protection against writing to the eMMC memory module when power is turned on...