Google Android startListeningForDeviceStateChanges permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Google Android and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function startListeningForDeviceStateChanges. Such manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-53841. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Google Android (the affected version is unknown). Affected by this issue is the function startListeningForDeviceStateChanges. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In startListeningForDeviceStateChanges, there is a possible Permission Bypass due to a confused deputy. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

The advisory is available at source.android.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-53841 since 11/22/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/04/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1222 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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CNA Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Timelineinfo

11/22/2024 🔍
01/03/2025 +42 days 🔍
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01/04/2025 +1 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: google.com

Advisory: source.android.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-53841 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-53841
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-290126
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917

Entryinfo

Created: 01/03/2025 06:05
Updated: 01/04/2025 06:26
Changes: 01/03/2025 06:05 (55), 01/03/2025 14:45 (1), 01/04/2025 06:26 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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