A vulnerability was found in Google Android 12.0 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function StatusBarNotification.getKey of the file CarNotificationListener.java. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a log file vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-532. Information written to log files can be of a sensitive nature and give valuable guidance to an attacker or expose sensitive user information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The logs of sensitive information (PII) or hardware identifier should only be printed in Android "userdebug" or "eng" build. StatusBarNotification.getKey() could contain sensitive information. However, CarNotificationListener.java, it prints out the StatusBarNotification.getKey() directly in logs, which could contain user's account name (i.e. PII), in Android "user" build.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-12LAndroid ID: A-205567776

The weakness was released 01/27/2023 as A-205567776. It is possible to read the advisory at source.android.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-20458 since 10/14/2021. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/20/2023). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• Google

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• Android

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• free

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