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CVE-2023-40079

• 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: 2023-12-04 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In injectSendIntentSender of ShortcutService.java, there is a possible background activity launch due to a permissions bypass. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Affected products

• Android: 14.0

References

• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/96e0524c48c6e58af7d15a2caf35082186fc8de2
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-12-01
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/96e0524c48c6e58af7d15a2caf35082186fc8de2
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-12-01

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