CVE-2024-40672

CVSS 8.4 HIGHEPSS 0.1%CWE-281

Vexday Risk Score

21Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS 8.4EPSS 0.1%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

28 Jan 2025Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

In onCreate of ChooserActivity.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 no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Google · Android

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References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/modules/IntentResolver/+/ccd29124d0d2276a3071c0418c14dec188cd3727 https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2024-10-01