CVE-2023-21270 Privilege escalation in Andrioid
A flaw in Android's permission management allows apps to retain revoked permissions, enabling local privilege escalation without user interaction.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-21270?
CVE-2023-21270 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 19 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In restorePermissionState of PermissionManagerServiceImpl.java, there is a possible way for an app to keep permissions that should be revoked due to incorrect permission flags cleared during an update. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with User execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-21270?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2023-21270?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2023-21270 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-21270 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as A-283006437, ASB-A-283006437, GHSA-cp57-7c6j-pxfg.