Local privilege escalation via USB setup overlay
Published Aug 15, 2024 · Updated Sep 11, 2025
Elevation of privilege in Google Android 12 through 14 allows local users to escape Setup Wizard through a USB activity overlay. UsbProfileGroupSettingsManager resolves a registered USB handler activity during incomplete setup without first checking USER_SETUP_COMPLETE, allowing that activity to overlay Setup Wizard. Exploitation requires user interaction with a local USB attachment during initial device setup and grants access beyond the restricted setup flow.
Summary
What happened
Elevation of privilege in Google Android 12 through 14 allows local users to escape Setup Wizard through a USB activity overlay. UsbProfileGroupSettingsManager resolves a registered USB handler activity during incomplete setup without first checking USER_SETUP_COMPLETE, allowing that activity to overlay Setup Wizard. Exploitation requires user interaction with a local USB attachment during initial device setup and grants access beyond the restricted setup flow.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-34739
- Published
- Aug 15, 2024
- Updated
- Sep 11, 2025
- Vendor
- Product
- Android
- Classifications
- CWE-116, T1626
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 15, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=12.0
- Affected versionversion=12l
- Affected versionversion=13
- Affected versionversion=13.0
- Affected versionversion=14
- Affected versionversion=14.0
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