Local privilege escalation via cleared caller identity
Published Mar 2, 2026 · Updated Mar 2, 2026
Missing authorization in Android 14 through 16 allows local users to intercept drag-and-drop events and elevate privileges. DisplayPolicy.validateAddingWindowLw checks task-management permission after the Binder caller identity has been cleared, so the check does not evaluate the requesting app's supplied UID and PID. A local app needs no additional execution privileges or user interaction, and successful exploitation exposes global drag-and-drop events beyond its authorization.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in Android 14 through 16 allows local users to intercept drag-and-drop events and elevate privileges. DisplayPolicy.validateAddingWindowLw checks task-management permission after the Binder caller identity has been cleared, so the check does not evaluate the requesting app's supplied UID and PID. A local app needs no additional execution privileges or user interaction, and successful exploitation exposes global drag-and-drop events beyond its authorization.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-48574
- Published
- Mar 2, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 2, 2026
- Vendor
- Go standard library
- Product
- Android
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1404
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 2, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
Present is not the same as exploitable
Compare your product and version with the public record. A matching version still requires validation against your environment.
Is a vulnerable build present?
Compare these published version ranges with your installed build and any vendor patches.
- Affected versionversion=14
- Affected versionversion=15
- Affected versionversion=16
What conditions does exploitation require?
What is affected?
Published CVSS scores
CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.
Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
Daily unique IPs observed by Shadowserver honeypots for known exploited vulnerabilities (KEVs). Missing observations do not establish an absence of attacks.
Public exploit references
No public exploit references are available in this record.
Labels summarize the accepted research assessment. They do not indicate a test against your environment.
Technologies
Your stack
See the directory against your own environment.
Your stack
Check the software in your environment
Book a demo to see how Hinoki identifies affected software and validates exploitability in your environment.
Book a demo