CVE-2023-21140 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

In onCreate of ManagePermissionsActivity.java, there is a possible way to bypass factory reset protections due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with physical access to a device that's been factory reset with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Published: 2023-08-14

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Google

Android

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`13`	affected	—
`12L`	affected	—
`12`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:12.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:12.1:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:13.0:-::::::

No data.

No data available yet.

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 Physical

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00004.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/modules/Permission/+/0679e4f35055729be7276536fe45fe8ec18a0453
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-08-01

History

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 19:15:00 +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: 2023-08-14T20:58:27.348Z

Updated: 2024-10-09T19:10:39.337Z

Reserved: 2022-11-03T22:37:50.640Z

Link: CVE-2023-21140

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T09:28:25.713Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-14T21:15:11.487

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:42:14.300

Link: CVE-2023-21140

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-862

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