Google Android 14 InputMethod information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android 14. It has been declared as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component InputMethod. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-21331. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Google Android 14 (Smartphone Operating System). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component InputMethod. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

In InputMethod, there is a possible way to determine whether an app is installed, without query permissions, due to side channel information disclosure. This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

The weakness was released 10/30/2023. The advisory is shared for download at source.android.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-21331 since 11/03/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Timelineinfo

11/03/2022 🔍
10/30/2023 +361 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-21331 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-21331
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-243956
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917

Entryinfo

Created: 10/30/2023 18:51
Updated: 11/22/2023 16:45
Changes: 10/30/2023 18:51 (41), 11/22/2023 16:45 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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