CVE-2022-36861 Privilege escalation in Samsung Mobile Devices

What is CVE-2022-36861?

CVE-2022-36861 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 9 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Custom permission misuse vulnerability in SystemUI prior to SMR Sep-2022 Release 1 allows attacker to use some protected functions with SystemUI privilege.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-36861?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Android.

How do I fix CVE-2022-36861?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-36861 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-36861 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-36861 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-7jjj-crjf-8wch.