In the development options section of the Settings app, there is a possible authentication bypass due to a missing permission check.

Published 23 mo ago 2024-11-20 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.8

v3.1 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.1%

percentile 0%

Public exploits

none known

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.

CISA SSVC assessment

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 23 mo ago 2024-11-20

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.09% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 0% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CISA ADP	3.1	7.8	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	3.1	7.8	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
CNA	3.1	7.8	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

Affected products

Google Android

Classification

Weakness

CWE-294 Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay
CWE-862 Missing Authorization

References

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

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-9477
NVD: CVE-2018-9477

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Summary