Local privilege escalation via missing permission check
Published Sep 4, 2023 · Updated Oct 2, 2024
Missing authorization in Unisoc vowifiservice on Android 9 through 11 allows local users to escalate privileges through a service request. The service omits a required permission check before processing a privileged operation; Unisoc has not disclosed the request or operation involved. Exploitation requires local access to a device with an affected Unisoc chipset, with no user interaction or additional execution privilege required.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in Unisoc vowifiservice on Android 9 through 11 allows local users to escalate privileges through a service request. The service omits a required permission check before processing a privileged operation; Unisoc has not disclosed the request or operation involved. Exploitation requires local access to a device with an affected Unisoc chipset, with no user interaction or additional execution privilege required.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-38464
- Published
- Sep 4, 2023
- Updated
- Oct 2, 2024
- Vendor
- Product
- Android
- 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 2, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=10.0
- Affected versionversion=11.0
- Affected versionversion=9.0
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