CVE-2023-21266

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.001 · 2 %ileDEEUNLUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.12% (2nd) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

15 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In multiple functions of ActivityManagerService.java, there is a possible way to escape Google Play protection due to a permissions bypass. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

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-266USLLM-inferred

affected products (15)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Google Android <12all versionscert_bundDE
Google Android <12Lall versionscert_bundDE
Google Android <13all versionscert_bundDE
Google Android <14all versionscert_bundDE
Google Android< 12cert_bundDE
Google Android< 12Lcert_bundDE
Google Android< 13cert_bundDE
Google Android< 14cert_bundDE
Google Android≤ 12enisa_euvdEU
Google Android≤ 13enisa_euvdEU
Google 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 13.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (5)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

NCSC-2024-0240Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Google Android en Samsung MobileNL2024-06-07csaf · ncsc_nlNL
Google heeft kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Android.
WID-SEC-W-2023-2539Samsung Android: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-10-03csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Samsung Android ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen und seine Rechte zu erweitern.
WID-SEC-W-2023-2548Google Android: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-10-03csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Google Android ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erweitern, beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, Informationen offenzulegen oder einen Denial of Service Zustand herbeizuführen.
WID-SEC-W-2024-1278Android Patchday - June 2024: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-06-03csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Google Android ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, um vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen und um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu erzeugen.
ASB-A-2233760782024-06-01vendor · osvUS
In multiple functions of ActivityManagerService.java, there is a possible way to escape Google Play protection due to a permissions bypass. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

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Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd osv cert_bund nvd ncsc_nl NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-10-06modified 2026-06-17

references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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