PT-2023-18058 · Google · Android

Published 2023-08-01 · Updated 2023-08-21 · CVE-2023-21279

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Android (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a possible cross-user media read due to a confused deputy in the visitUris method of RemoteViews.java. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed 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-277741109

CVE-2023-21279

Affected Products

Android

References · 6

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21279 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ASB-A-277741109 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-08-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/155b14600fb13553a47b4e45fe0acd163da07453 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21279 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1691199082436456448 · Twitter Post