CVE-2022-20361 Privilege escalation in Android
Remote attackers can escalate privileges via a Bluetooth standard weakness in Android without user interaction or additional execution privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-20361?
CVE-2022-20361 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 9 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In btif_dm_auth_cmpl_evt of btif_dm.cc, there is a possible vulnerability in Cross-Transport Key Derivation due to Weakness in Bluetooth Standard. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10 Android-11 Android-12 Android-12LAndroid ID: A-231161832
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-20361?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2022-20361?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2022-20361 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-20361 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as A-231161832, ASB-A-231161832, GHSA-66vq-4grr-jm68.