SARA / Free Tools / KEV / CVE-2025-48572

CVE-2025-48572 on CISA KEV

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.

CISA KEV — Actively Exploited

Android Framework Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Vendor / Product
— / Android / Framework
Added to KEV
2025-12-02
BOD 22-01 due
2025-12-23
Ransomware use
Unknown
CVSS / EPSS
· EPSS 21.00%

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

03Notes & references

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

VendorProductVersions
GoogleAndroid16, 15, 14, 13

06Detection

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