MediaTek MT8910 aidl privileges management

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7.8$0-$5k1.06

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as very critical has been discovered in MediaTek MT6878, MT6881, MT6899, MT6989, MT6991, MT6993, MT8188, MT8189, MT8668, MT8781, MT8793 and MT8910. This affects an unknown function of the component aidl. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-20535. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in MediaTek MT6878, MT6881, MT6899, MT6989, MT6991, MT6993, MT8188, MT8189, MT8668, MT8781, MT8793 and MT8910. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component aidl. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In aidl, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege if a malicious actor has already obtained the System privilege. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS11185216; Issue ID: MSV-9039.

The advisory is available at mediatek.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-20535 since 11/03/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/05/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Applying the patch ALPS11185216 is able to eliminate this problem.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.8

VulDB Base Score: 8.2
VulDB Temp Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: ALPS11185216

Timelineinfo

11/03/2025 CVE reserved
10/05/2026 +335 days Advisory disclosed
10/05/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/05/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: mediatek.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-20535 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-20535
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-413498

Entryinfo

Created: 10/05/2026 04:28
Changes: 10/05/2026 04:28 (54)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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