CVE-2024-43093

State: Published
Severity: 7.3 High
Published: Nov 13, 2024
Updated: Oct 21, 2025
Reserved: Aug 5, 2024

Description

In shouldHideDocument of ExternalStorageProvider.java, there is a possible bypass of a file path filter designed to prevent access to sensitive directories due to incorrect unicode normalization. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.3 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-176 Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding

Affected Products

Product	Versions
AndroidGoogle	15Affected 14Affected 13Affected 12LAffected 12Affected

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/7f83c671626f9bf993581f4598c22482d87cba10
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-03-01
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-43093government-resource

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