CVE-2022-25814 Privilege escalation in Samsung Mobile Devices

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Local attackers can hijack PendingIntents in Wearable Manager Installer to perform unauthorized actions without permission.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-25814?

CVE-2022-25814 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 8 Mar 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

PendingIntent hijacking vulnerability in Wearable Manager Installer prior to SMR Mar-2022 Release 1 allows local attackers to perform unauthorized action without permission via hijacking the PendingIntent.

Weakness: CWE-276

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25814?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2022-25814?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-25814 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-25814 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25814 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7xcq-9v27-4gw8.

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