Local privilege escalation via factory-reset protection bypass
Published Aug 11, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Privilege escalation in Android 13 Settings allows local users to bypass factory reset protection without user interaction. An undisclosed logic error in Settings fails to enforce factory reset protection; Google has not published the affected function or operation. Exploitation requires low-privilege local access and grants elevated privileges on the device, while network access alone is insufficient.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Android 13 Settings allows local users to bypass factory reset protection without user interaction. An undisclosed logic error in Settings fails to enforce factory reset protection; Google has not published the affected function or operation. Exploitation requires low-privilege local access and grants elevated privileges on the device, while network access alone is insufficient.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-20297
- Published
- Aug 11, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Google Cloud
- Product
- Android
- Classifications
- T1404
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 11, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=Android-13
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