CVE-2022-20240 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In sOpAllowSystemRestrictionBypass of AppOpsManager.java, there is a possible leak of location information due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-12 Android-12LAndroid ID: A-231496105

Published: 2022-12-13

Score: 2.3 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

Android

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Android-12 Android-12L`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:google:android:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00015.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2022-12-01

History

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Google Android

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: google_android

Published: 2022-12-13T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-22T19:53:49.503Z

Reserved: 2021-10-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-20240

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T02:02:31.001Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-12-13T16:15:15.187

Modified: 2025-04-22T20:15:19.700

Link: CVE-2022-20240

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-862

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