CVE-2023-20916 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In getMainActivityLaunchIntent of LauncherAppsService.java, there is a possible way to bypass the restrictions on starting activities from the background 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-12 Android-12LAndroid ID: A-229256049

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00013.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

Android

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Android-12 Android-12L`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:12.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:12.1:::::::*

No data.

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Google Subscribe	Android Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-01-01

History

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: google_android

Published: 2023-01-24T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-02T14:50:21.107Z

Reserved: 2022-11-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-20916

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T09:21:33.654Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-26T21:18:11.383

Modified: 2025-04-02T15:15:51.797

Link: CVE-2023-20916

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-862

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