{"id":"CVE-2025-48613","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-48613","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:55:56.713Z","title":"This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed.","description":"In VBMeta, there is a possible way to modify and resign VBMeta using a test key, assuming the original image was previously signed with the same key. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.","published":"2026-03-02T19:16:27.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T09:29:59.000Z","status":"Modified","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-269"],"affected":["google/android"],"epss":{"score":0.00089,"percentile":0.00404,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.09%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2026/2026-03-01","source":"security@android.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48613","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."}