High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 24, 2023· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2023-20971

Description

In removePermission of PermissionManagerServiceImpl.java, there is a possible way to obtain dangerous permissions without user consent due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

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Affected products

Google/Platformllm-fuzzy
Google/Androidv5
Range: 14

Patches

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References

android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/6c22d6c1e69676c5c68d21928aa5486bfd1bd131nvd
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2024-08-01nvd
source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2023-06-01nvd

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