CVE-2024-43093 is a local escalation of privilege vulnerability in Google Android, specifically within the ExternalStorageProvider.java component. It allows an attacker to bypass file path filters due to incorrect Unicode normalization, granting access to sensitive directories. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 7.3, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring user interaction for exploitation, but leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Notably, this CVE is actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by its presence in the CISA KEV catalog, despite a lack of public exploit code on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, highlighting its importance.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.