CVE-2023-35682

Summary

CVE-2023-35682 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the hasPermissionForActivity function in PackageManagerHelper.java. An attacker can potentially start arbitrary components through this confused deputy issue, elevating their privileges without requiring additional execution permissions. User interaction is necessary for an attacker to successfully exploit this vulnerability.

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