CVE-2023-20971

Published: Mar 24, 2023

Modified: Feb 25, 2025

PUBLISHED

Description

In removePermission of PermissionManagerServiceImpl.java, there is a possible way to obtain dangerous permissions without user consent due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Google	Android	affected `14` affected `13` affected `12L` affected `12`

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/6c22d6c1e69676c5c68d21928aa5486bfd1bd131

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2024-08-01

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CVE-2023-20971

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