CVE-2024-40661

highpriority · track · 31OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.001 · 1 %ileDEEUNLUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.10% (1st) EPSS

CVSS 7.8 · high

Is it mine?

14 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · osv · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In mayAdminGrantPermission of AdminRestrictedPermissionsUtils.java, there is a possible way to access the microphone due to a missing permission check. 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-862USprimaryCWE-276US

affected products (14)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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
Google Android 14all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:14
Google Android 15all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:google:android:15
Samsung Androidall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:samsung:android:-
Google Android≤ 13enisa_euvdEU
Google Android≤ 14enisa_euvdEU
Google Android≤ 12Lenisa_euvdEU
Google Android≤ 12enisa_euvdEU
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
google android= 14.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

NCSC-2024-0429Kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Google Android en Samsung MobileNL2024-11-05csaf · ncsc_nlNL
Google heeft kwetsbaarheden verholpen in Android. In deze update zijn ook updates meegenomen voor closed-source componenten van Qualcomm, Imagination Technologies en MediaTek. Samsung heeft kwetsbaarheden in Samsung Mobile verholpen die relevant zijn voor Samsung mobile devices.
WID-SEC-W-2024-3328Android Patchday November 2024Deutsch2024-11-04csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Google Android ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.
ASB-A-3081380852024-11-01vendor · osvUS
In mayAdminGrantPermission of AdminRestrictedPermissionsUtils.java, there is a possible way to access the microphone due to a missing permission check. 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 ncsc_nl NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2024-11-13modified 2026-06-17

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references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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