CVE-2023-41826 — A PendingIntent hijacking vulnerability in Motorola Device Help (Genie) applicat

A PendingIntent hijacking vulnerability in Motorola Device Help (Genie) application that could allow local attackers to access files or interact with non-exported software components without permission.

01What is this vulnerability?

A PendingIntent hijacking vulnerability in Motorola Device Help (Genie) application that could allow local attackers to access files or interact with non-exported software components without permission.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
—	Motorola / Phones —	—

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: 2024-05-03T14:06:27.487Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-02T19:09:49.175Z

09References

• en-us.support.motorola.com — https://en-us.support.motorola.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/178703