Local privilege escalation via malicious config update
Published Feb 16, 2024 · Updated Mar 28, 2025
Privilege escalation in Android 11 through 14 allows local users to gain elevated access by triggering a malicious configuration update. The startInstall method in UpdateFetcher.java accepts the malicious update because an undisclosed logic error defeats its protection mechanism. Exploitation requires local execution but no additional execution privileges or user interaction, and Google has not published the exact erroneous condition.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Android 11 through 14 allows local users to gain elevated access by triggering a malicious configuration update. The startInstall method in UpdateFetcher.java accepts the malicious update because an undisclosed logic error defeats its protection mechanism. Exploitation requires local execution but no additional execution privileges or user interaction, and Google has not published the exact erroneous condition.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-0014
- Published
- Feb 16, 2024
- Updated
- Mar 28, 2025
- Vendor
- Product
- Android
- Classifications
- CWE-693, T1404
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 16, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 28, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=11
- Affected versionversion=11.0
- Affected versionversion=12
- Affected versionversion=12.0
- Affected versionversion=12l
- Affected versionversion=12L
- Affected versionversion=13
- Affected versionversion=13.0
- Affected versionversion=14
- Affected versionversion=14.0
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