CVE-2024-40672

Severity: high (CVSS 8.4 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: 2025-01-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-281

Description

In onCreate of ChooserActivity.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 no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Affected products

Android: 12.0, 12.1, 13.0, 14.0

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/modules/IntentResolver/+/ccd29124d0d2276a3071c0418c14dec188cd3727
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2024-10-01

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