Sony PlayNow Store Arbitrary Package Installation

CVE-2014-2272

    Type

  • Sony PlayNow Store Arbitrary Package Installation
  • Severity

  • High
  • Affected products

  • Sony PlayNow Store
  • Date

  • 2014-11-05
  • CVE Reference

  • CVE-2014-2272

MWR have discovered a vulnerability in the Sony PlayNow Store, shipped by default on the Sony Xperia Z mobile phone. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow an attacker to remotely install an arbitrary application to the phone with any permissions.

The advisory can be downloaded here.