PT-2020-11754 · Google · Android

Published 2020-09-01 · Updated 2025-01-09 · CVE-2020-0401

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android versions 8.0 through 11

Description The issue is related to a missing permission check in the setInstallerPackageName of PackageManagerService.java. This could lead to local escalation of privilege and granting spurious permissions with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android versions 8.0 through 11, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

ASB-A-150857253

CVE-2020-0401

Affected Products

Android

References · 18

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2020-09-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-0401 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-0401 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ASB-A-150857253 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/secharvester/17666 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/reverseame/status/1877260783001756105 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/akaclandestine/status/1866055527236567187 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/Dinosn/status/1865009441428435382 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/HackingTeam777/status/1866450353136480671 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/fogle_shane/status/1866161572780855330 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/rnetsec/21037 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/ksg93rd/status/1866152238437056883 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/Tinolle/status/1865048172130603282 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/secharvesterx/status/1864970247578542353 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/defcon_news/126840 · Telegram Post