Unscored CVE-2023-21269 EUVD-2023-25437GHSA-86pj-hrwx-9vhg

In startActivityInner of ActivityStarter.java, there is a possible way to launch an activity into PiP mode from the background due to BAL b…

Published Aug 14, 2023 · Updated Oct 9, 2024 · Assigned by google_android

Vendor: Google Product: Android Platform: Android

Description

In startActivityInner of ActivityStarter.java, there is a possible way to launch an activity into PiP mode from the background due to BAL bypass. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected	Fixed
Google	Android	13	—

Advisories 2

WID-SEC-2023-1984 Google Android: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Sep 19, 2023
WID-SEC-2023-1981 Samsung Android: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Aug 7, 2023

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/70ec64dc5a2a816d6aa324190a726a85fd749b30
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2023-08-01