CVE-2023-21132 is a local escalation of privilege vulnerability affecting Google Android devices. It allows an attacker with physical access to a factory-reset device to bypass factory reset protections due to a missing permission check in onCreate of ManagePermissionsActivity.java. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) requires no user interaction or additional execution privileges for exploitation, leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Currently, there is no public exploit code available, it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| 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:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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