PT-2023-18047 · Google · Android

Published 2023-10-06 · Updated 2024-07-09 · CVE-2023-21266

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 (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a permissions bypass in the killBackgroundProcesses function of ActivityManagerService.java, which could allow escaping Google Play protection. This might lead to local escalation of privilege without needing additional execution privileges. User interaction is not required for exploitation.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

ASB-A-223376078

CVE-2023-21266

Affected Products

Android

References · 15

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-21266 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21266 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21266 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-21266 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-21266 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ASB-A-223376078 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/DMFezzaReedCISA/status/1710387667085488541 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1710393756304716237 · Twitter Post
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/fa94ce5c7738e449cb6bd68c77af4858018e49e0 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1710372548360187910 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/85617 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/71752 · Telegram Post
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2024-06-01 · Note
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/5b7edbf2ba076b04000eb5d27101927eeb609c26 · Note
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-10-01 · Note