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HIGH SEVERITY
CVE-2011-1823 Android · Android OS

Android OS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Technical Severity

CVSS v3.1 Metrics

HIGH
7.8 / 10
Minimal Risk Critical
Vector Specification
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitation Likelihood

EPSS Prediction

44.85 %
Predictive Probability
Percentile Rank
97.5 th

Documented as more likely to be exploited than 97.5% of known CVEs.

Detection Date

Sep 08, 2022

Remediation Due

Sep 29, 2022

CISA Catalog Active

Threat Analysis

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.

Remediation Directive

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

External Intelligence