CVE-2023-35674

HIGH

7.8

CVSS Score

Published: September 11, 2023 at 08:09 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:04 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorAndroid

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Severity

HIGH7.8

Exploitation

CISA KEV

Exploit prediction

EPSS 3%

SSVC

Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score2.6%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 2.6% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 86% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

Android Framework contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation.

Required Action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Ransomware Use

Unknown

Added to KEV

Sep 13, 2023

Remediation Due

Oct 4, 2023

1121 days overdue

Notes

https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2023-09-01

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-35674

Description

In onCreate of WindowState.java, there is a possible way to launch a background activity 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.