CVE-2025-48572

HIGH

7.8

CVSS Score

Published: December 8, 2025 at 04:57 PM UTC

Updated: October 7, 2026 at 08:10 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorAndroid

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Severity

HIGH7.8

Exploitation

CISA KEV

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.3%

SSVC

Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score0.3%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 0.3% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 18% 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, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Ransomware Use

Unknown

Added to KEV

Dec 2, 2025

Remediation Due

Dec 23, 2025

313 days overdue

Notes

https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2025-12-01

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48572

Description

In multiple locations, there is a possible way to launch activities from the background due to a permissions bypass. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.