CVE-2024-44092

Local privilege escalation via missing LCS enforcement

Published Sep 13, 2024 · Updated Sep 15, 2025

Privilege escalation in Google Android on Pixel devices before 2024-09-05 allows local users to gain elevated privileges. The Pixel LCS component retains test/debug code in production that omits LCS signing enforcement. Local code execution is required, but user interaction and additional execution privileges are not; successful exploitation grants higher device privileges.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.08%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Privilege escalation in Google Android on Pixel devices before 2024-09-05 allows local users to gain elevated privileges. The Pixel LCS component retains test/debug code in production that omits LCS signing enforcement. Local code execution is required, but user interaction and additional execution privileges are not; successful exploitation grants higher device privileges.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-44092
Published
Sep 13, 2024
Updated
Sep 15, 2025
Vendor
Google
Product
Android
Classifications
CWE-489, T1404
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 13, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <*
  2. Affected versionversion=Android kernel

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Google · Androidversion=0 <*; version=Android kernel

Published CVSS scores

7.8CISA-ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8NISTCVSS: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 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-489Active Debug Code
T1404Exploitation for Privilege Escalation

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