CVE-2023-42739
CVSS 3.1 Score 7.8 of 10 (high)
Details
Published Dec 4, 2023
Updated: Dec 7, 2023
CWE ID 862
Summary
CVE-2023-42739 is a newly disclosed vulnerability affecting the engineermode service. The issue lies in a missing permission check within this service, enabling an attacker to manipulate permission usage records of an application. By exploiting this weakness, a local privilege escalation can be achieved without requiring any additional execution privileges. This vulnerability poses a significant risk to systems and applications utilizing the engineermode service, necessitating immediate attention and remediation efforts.
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- Android
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