CVE-2023-20959 (GCVE-0-2023-20959)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-03-24 00:00 – Updated: 2025-02-21 15:26
VLAI?
Summary
In AddSupervisedUserActivity, guest users are not prevented from starting the activity due to missing permissions checks. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-13Android ID: A-249057848
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Elevation of privilege
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a Android Affected: Android-13
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