CVE-2022-20145 is a critical vulnerability in Android 11 that allows for remote escalation of privilege. It stems from a protocol downgrade attack in the Vpn.java component, enabling the retrieval of VPN credentials. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring no user interaction or additional execution privileges. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.