PT-2023-18072 · Google · Android

Published 2023-10-30 · Updated 2023-11-07 · CVE-2023-21293

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 side channel information disclosure in PackageManagerNative, allowing an attacker to determine whether an app is installed without query permissions. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. 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.

Side Channel Attack

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-203

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-21293

Affected Products

Android

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21293 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21293 · Vendor Advisory
• https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/android-14 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1719031900474384771 · Twitter Post