Local privilege escalation via swallowed parcel exception
Published Dec 15, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Privilege escalation in Android 9, 10, and 11 allows local users to gain additional permissions through a crafted parcel without interaction. OutputConfiguration.createFromParcel catches a deserialization exception and returns after consuming only part of the data emitted by writeToParcel, causing the enclosing object to read attacker-controlled trailing bytes at the wrong offset. An installed malicious application can exploit the mismatch during intent delivery to alter trusted component metadata and execute code in a more privileged app.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Android 9, 10, and 11 allows local users to gain additional permissions through a crafted parcel without interaction. OutputConfiguration.createFromParcel catches a deserialization exception and returns after consuming only part of the data emitted by writeToParcel, causing the enclosing object to read attacker-controlled trailing bytes at the wrong offset. An installed malicious application can exploit the mismatch during intent delivery to alter trusted component metadata and execute code in a more privileged app.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-0928
- Published
- Dec 15, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Google Cloud
- Product
- Android
- Classifications
- CWE-20, T1404
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 15, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=Android-10 Android-11 Android-9
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- ReparcelBug2 exploit and write-upfunctional · demonstrated
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