PT-2023-17882 · Google · Android

Published 2023-04-01 · Updated 2023-04-25 · CVE-2023-21089

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 Android-11 through Android-13

Description A local escalation of privilege issue exists due to a possible way to keep the foreground service alive while the app is in the background. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Recommendations For Android versions Android-11 through Android-13, update to a version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

ASB-A-237766679

CVE-2023-21089

Affected Products

Android

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21089 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21089 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-04-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ASB-A-237766679 · Vendor Advisory
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/2d20bee73d9ba1c56d49041991e141ba3fe68c5a · Note