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CVE-2011-1823 — Android OS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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HIGH severity🔴 Actively Exploited · CISA KEV

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Overview

The vold volume manager daemon in Android kernel trusts messages from a PF_NETLINK socket, which allows an attacker to execute code and gain root privileges. This vulnerability is associated with GingerBreak and Exploit.AndroidOS.Lotoor.

Vulnerability details

CVE ID: CVE-2011-1823
Vulnerability: Android OS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Vendor: Android
Affected products: Android: Android OS
Severity: HIGH
Exploitation status: Actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV)
Published: 2022-09-08

Remediation guidance

CVE-2011-1823 is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog — U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it under Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Treat it as a priority for every environment.

Apply the vendor's official security update for Android the affected product as soon as possible. Where a patch is unavailable, apply vendor mitigations or isolate/segment exposed systems.

Hunt for indicators of compromise tied to this vulnerability and confirm logging/EDR coverage on affected assets.

Authoritative references

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