CVE-2021-25411 Privilege escalation in Samsung Mobile Devices
Local attackers with root privileges can exploit improper address validation in the RKP API to write to read-only kernel memory, enabling privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-25411?
CVE-2021-25411 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 11 Jun 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper address validation vulnerability in RKP api prior to SMR JUN-2021 Release 1 allows root privileged local attackers to write read-only kernel memory.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-25411?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2021-25411?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-25411 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-25411 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-25411 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jwp9-f7rm-jcfg.