CVE-2023-44124 Screen recording - Theft of arbitrary files with system privilege
Attackers can steal arbitrary files with system privileges by intercepting implicit intents in the LG Screen Recording app.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-44124?
CVE-2023-44124 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Google Android, published on 27 Sep 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The vulnerability is to theft of arbitrary files with system privilege in the Screen recording ("com.lge.gametools.gamerecorder") app in the "com/lge/gametools/gamerecorder/settings/ProfilePreferenceFragment.java" file. The main problem is that the app launches implicit intents that can be intercepted by third-party apps installed on the same device. They also can return arbitrary data that will be passed to the "onActivityResult()" method. The Screen recording app saves contents of arbitrary URIs to SD card which is a world-readable storage.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-44124?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2023-44124?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-44124 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2023-44124 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-44124 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pw4c-h493-rxm2.