CVE-2023-20921

highpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.003 · 19 %ileexploit · PoCDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

0.27% (19th) EPSS

CVSS 7.3 · high

Is it mine?

11 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In onPackageRemoved of AccessibilityManagerService.java, there is a possibility to automatically grant accessibility services due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10 Android-11 Android-12 Android-12L Android-13Android ID: A-243378132

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.3

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.3 · impact 5.9

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.3 · impact 5.9

v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-670USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

Trinadh465/frameworks_base_android-6.0.1_r22_CVE-2023-20921Trinadh465/frameworks_base_android-6.0.1_r22_CVE-2023-20921PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (11)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Google Android 10all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:10
Google Android 11all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:11
Google Android 12all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:12
Google Android 12Lall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:12l
Google Android 13all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:13
n/a Android≤ Android-10 Android-11 Android-12 Android-12L Android-13enisa_euvdEU
google android= 10.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 11.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 12.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 12.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 13.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-0018Android Patchday Januar 2023Deutsch2023-01-03csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Google Android ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen und um einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.
ASB-A-2433781322023-01-01vendor · osvUS
In onPackageRemoved of AccessibilityManagerService.java, there is a possibility to automatically grant accessibility services due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd osv cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-01-26modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

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