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CVE-2023-45779

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-45779 is a local escalation of privilege vulnerability affecting the APEX module framework in Google Android. This flaw, stemming from improperly used cryptography, allows for malicious updates to platform components without user interaction or additional execution privileges. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit has been publicly released, and it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating active awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

github.com / metaredteam/external-disclosures/security/advisories/GHSA-wmcc-g67r-9962
rtx.meta.security / exploitation/2024/01/30/Android-vendors-APEX-test-keys.html
source.android.com / security/bulletin/2023-12-01
Vendor Advisory
fairphone.com / en/2024/01/30/security-update-apex-modules-vulnerability-fixed