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CVE-2011-1823: Android OS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedCVE-2011-1823
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
The vold volume manager daemon in Android kernel trusts messages from a PF_NETLINK socket, which allows an attacker to execute code and gain root privileges. This vulnerability is associated with GingerBreak and Exploit.AndroidOS.Lotoor.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Androidproduct: Android OSPrivilege escalation
What
The vold volume manager daemon trusts messages from a PF_NETLINK socket, allowing code execution and root privilege escalation.
Who is affected
Devices running affected versions of Android OS.
Urgency
Remediation is critical due to active exploitation and the potential for full system compromise.
Action
Update to the latest version of Android OS to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2022-09-08
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1823

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2011-1823coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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