CVE-2021-0965 - Improper Preservation of Permissions

Severity

88%

Complexity

27%

Confidentiality

98%

In AndroidManifest.xml of Settings, there is a possible pairing of a Bluetooth device without user's consent due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10 Android-11 Android-12 Android-9Android ID: A-194300867

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.8. CVSS Attack Vector: adjacent_network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5.8. CVSS Attack Vector: adjacent_network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Google Android

First reported 3 years ago

2021-12-15 19:15:00

Last updated 3 years ago

2021-12-17 17:27:00

Affected Software

Google Android 9.0

9.0

Google Android 10.0

10.0

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2021-12-01

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2021-12-01

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