CVE-2023-35674 (GCVE-0-2023-35674)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-11 20:09
Modified
2025-10-21 23:05
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- Elevation of privilege
Summary
In onCreate of WindowState.java, there is a possible way to launch a background activity 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.
References
Impacted products
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
Date added: 2023-09-13
Due date: 2023-10-04
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Used in ransomware: Unknown
Notes: https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2023-09-01; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-35674
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