CVE-2018-9477

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-11-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

In the development options section of the Settings app, there is a possible authentication bypass due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.

Affected products

Android: 8.0, 8.1

References

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2018-09-01

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