CVE-2023-21089

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Apr 19, 2023
Updated: Feb 5, 2025
Reserved: Nov 3, 2022

Description

In startInstrumentation of ActivityManagerService.java, there is a possible way to keep the foreground service alive while the app is in the background. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-11 Android-12 Android-12L Android-13Android ID: A-237766679

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Androidn/a	Android-11 Android-12 Android-12L Android-13Affected

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-04-01

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