CVE-2023-21132

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 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: 2023-08-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

In onCreate of ManagePermissionsActivity.java, there is a possible way to bypass factory reset protections due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with physical access to a device that's been factory reset with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Affected products

Android: 12.0, 12.1, 13.0

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/modules/Permission/+/0679e4f35055729be7276536fe45fe8ec18a0453
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-08-01
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/modules/Permission/+/0679e4f35055729be7276536fe45fe8ec18a0453
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-08-01

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