CVE-2023-20957

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.001 · 0 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.09% (0th) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

9 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In onAttach of SettingsPreferenceFragment.java, there is a possible bypass of Factory Reset Protections due to a confused deputy. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-11 Android-12 Android-12LAndroid ID: A-258422561

cvss

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

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · 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-266US

affected products (9)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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
Samsung Androidall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:samsung:android:-
n/a Android≤ Android-11 Android-12 Android-12Lenisa_euvdEU
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-0574Android Patchday März 2023Deutsch2023-03-06csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Google Android ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, Code auszuführen und einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen.
ASB-A-2584225612023-03-01vendor · osvUS
In onAttach of SettingsPreferenceFragment.java, there is a possible bypass of Factory Reset Protections due to a confused deputy. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not 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 2023-03-24modified 2026-06-17

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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