{"id":"CVE-2025-48572","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-48572","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:23:45.691Z","title":"Android Framework Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","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.","published":"2025-12-08T17:16:15.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-07T20:10:02.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security@android.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-306"],"affected":["google/android"],"epss":{"score":0.00259,"percentile":0.17439,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2025-12-02","dueDate":"2025-12-23","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.\nhttps://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2025-12-01 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48572"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 23 December 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/e707f6600330691f9c67dc023c09f4cd2fc59192","tags":["Product"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-12-01","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-48572","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48572","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}