CVE-2023-48418

User Build misconfiguration resulting in local escalation of privilege

State: Published
Severity: 10.0 Critical
Published: Jan 2, 2024
Updated: Jun 3, 2025
Reserved: Nov 16, 2023

Description

In checkDebuggingDisallowed of DeviceVersionFragment.java, there is a possible way to access adb before SUW completion due to an insecure default value. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	10.0 Critical	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	Google_Devices

Weaknesses

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Pixel WatchGoogle	11Affected

References

https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/pixel-watch/2023/2023-12-01
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/176446/Android-DeviceVersionFragment.java-Privilege-Escalation.html

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