Local privilege escalation via missing permission check
Published Sep 4, 2023 · Updated Oct 11, 2024
Privilege escalation in UNISOC chipsets on Android 9–11 allows local users to gain elevated privileges through vowifiservice. The service omits a required permission check, but UNISOC has not disclosed the protected operation or request path. Local access to an affected Android device is required; successful exploitation elevates privileges without additional execution privileges.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in UNISOC chipsets on Android 9–11 allows local users to gain elevated privileges through vowifiservice. The service omits a required permission check, but UNISOC has not disclosed the protected operation or request path. Local access to an affected Android device is required; successful exploitation elevates privileges without additional execution privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-38444
- Published
- Sep 4, 2023
- Updated
- Oct 11, 2024
- Vendor
- UNISOC
- Product
- UNISOC T610
- Classifications
- CWE-862, CWE-200, T1404
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 4, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 11, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=android9_android10_android11
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