CVE-2023-38440 — In vowifiservice, there is a possible missing permission check

In vowifiservice, there is a possible missing permission check.This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges

01What is this vulnerability?

In vowifiservice, there is a possible missing permission check.This could lead to local information disclosure with no additional execution privileges

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unisoc (Shanghai) Technologies Co., Ltd.	SC7731E/SC9832E/SC9863A/T606/T612/T616/T610/T618	Android10/Android11/Android9

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-09-04T01:16:02.966Z
• Last modified: 2024-10-02T14:41:42.799Z

09References

• www.unisoc.com — https://www.unisoc.com/en_us/secy/announcementDetail/https://www.unisoc.com/en_u…