Local privilege escalation via Android marker file
Published Nov 11, 2025 · Updated Nov 11, 2025
Uncontrolled library search in Intel Instrumentation and Tracing Technology API before 3.25.4 allows local users to gain privileges on Android. In src/ittnotify/ittnotify_static.c, Android builds read a dynamic-library path from a marker file under /data/local/tmp or the app sandbox, place that path in the loader environment, and load the named collector library without establishing that the path is trusted. Exploitation requires low privileges, high-complexity conditions, and active user interaction, after which attacker-supplied code runs with the affected application's privileges.
Summary
What happened
Uncontrolled library search in Intel Instrumentation and Tracing Technology API before 3.25.4 allows local users to gain privileges on Android. In src/ittnotify/ittnotify_static.c, Android builds read a dynamic-library path from a marker file under /data/local/tmp or the app sandbox, place that path in the loader environment, and load the named collector library without establishing that the path is trusted. Exploitation requires low privileges, high-complexity conditions, and active user interaction, after which attacker-supplied code runs with the affected application's privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-31931
- Published
- Nov 11, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 11, 2025
- Vendor
- Intel Corporation
- Product
- Intel Instrumentation and Tracing Technology API
- Classifications
- CWE-427, T1574.006
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Nov 11, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=before version 3.25.4
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