Android OS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.
- Vendor
- Android
- Product
- Android OS
- CVSS
- 7.8
- EPSS (exploit probability)
- 41.6%
- Status
- kev
- CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
- Published
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.
Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2022-09-08. Required action per CISA: Apply updates per vendor instructions. Due date: 2022-09-29.
This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.