CVE-2022-20072 is a local escalation of privilege vulnerability affecting Google and MediaTek search engine services, stemming from an incorrect comparison that allows modification of the default search engine. With a CVSS score of 6.7 (Medium), this vulnerability requires high privileges (PR:H) but no user interaction (UI:N) for exploitation, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low immediate threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.