Persistent privilege escalation via unverified compilation artifacts
Published Mar 16, 2022 · Updated Aug 4, 2024
Improper artifact validation in Android 12 allows local users with System execution privileges to persist privileged code across reboots. Odsign in odsign_main.cpp calls odrefresh --compile before verifying existing artifacts, so partial compilation can retain attacker-written files not protected by fs-verity. Exploitation requires prior System-level filesystem compromise; no user interaction is required, and the consequence is persistent privileged execution.
Summary
What happened
Improper artifact validation in Android 12 allows local users with System execution privileges to persist privileged code across reboots. Odsign in odsign_main.cpp calls odrefresh --compile before verifying existing artifacts, so partial compilation can retain attacker-written files not protected by fs-verity. Exploitation requires prior System-level filesystem compromise; no user interaction is required, and the consequence is persistent privileged execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-39689
- Published
- Mar 16, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2024
- Vendor
- Google Cloud
- Product
- Android
- Classifications
- CWE-345
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
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- Mar 16, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=Android-12
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