CVE-2024-31317Public exploit

Local privilege escalation via Zygote command injection

Published Jul 9, 2024 · Updated Aug 2, 2024

Local privilege escalation in Google Android 12 through 14 allows local users to execute code as any app through a crafted global setting. ZygoteProcess writes newline-containing hidden_api_blacklist_exemptions values into Zygote's line-delimited socket protocol without rejecting or escaping them, so injected lines become a second process-spawn command. Exploitation requires WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS, held by the ADB shell and certain privileged apps, and grants access to another app's data and privileges without user interaction.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.78%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Local privilege escalation in Google Android 12 through 14 allows local users to execute code as any app through a crafted global setting. ZygoteProcess writes newline-containing hidden_api_blacklist_exemptions values into Zygote's line-delimited socket protocol without rejecting or escaping them, so injected lines become a second process-spawn command. Exploitation requires WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS, held by the ADB shell and certain privileged apps, and grants access to another app's data and privileges without user interaction.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-31317
Published
Jul 9, 2024
Updated
Aug 2, 2024
Vendor
Google
Product
Android
Classifications
CWE-502, T1068
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jul 9, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 2, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=12
  2. Affected versionversion=12.0
  3. Affected versionversion=12l
  4. Affected versionversion=12L
  5. Affected versionversion=13
  6. Affected versionversion=13.0
  7. Affected versionversion=14
  8. Affected versionversion=14.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Google · Androidversion=12; version=12.0; version=12l; version=12L; version=13; version=13.0; version=14; version=14.0

Published CVSS scores

7.8CISA-ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted Data
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

Public exploit references

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Technologies

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