CVE-2023-44125 Personalized service - Theft and (over-)write of arbitrary files with system privilege via PendingIntent hijacking
An attacker can hijack implicit PendingIntents to overwrite arbitrary files with system privileges, leading to privilege escalation in the LG Personalized service 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-2023-44125?
CVE-2023-44125 is a medium-severity 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 the use of implicit PendingIntents without the PendingIntent.FLAG_IMMUTABLE set that leads to theft and/or (over-)write of arbitrary files with system privilege in the Personalized service ("com.lge.abba") app. The attacker's app, if it had access to app notifications, could intercept them and redirect them to its activity, before making it grant access permissions to content providers with the `android:grantUriPermissions="true"` flag.
Weakness: CWE-285
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-44125?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2023-44125?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-44125 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-44125 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-44125 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-c24f-vc3h-hg7p.