Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in MediaTek's Vow Product
CVE-2023-20773

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

MediaTek
Status
Mt6580, Mt6735, Mt6737, Mt6739, Mt6753, Mt6761, Mt6765, Mt6768, Mt6771, Mt6779, Mt6781, Mt6785, Mt6789, Mt6833, Mt6835, Mt6853, Mt6853t, Mt6855, Mt6873, Mt6877, Mt6879, Mt6883, Mt6885, Mt6886, Mt6889, Mt6893, Mt6895, Mt6983, Mt6985, Mt8781, Mt8791, Mt8791t, Mt8797
Vendor
CVE Published:
4 July 2023

What is CVE-2023-20773?

The vulnerability in MediaTek's Vow product allows for local privilege escalation due to a flaw in permission checks. This oversight can be exploited without requiring additional execution privileges or user interaction, posing a significant security risk to affected systems. MediaTek has released a patch to address this issue, and it is crucial for users to update to the specified version to mitigate any potential exploits.

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Deploy the Patch

Affected Version(s)

MT6580, MT6735, MT6737, MT6739, MT6753, MT6761, MT6765, MT6768, MT6771, MT6779, MT6781, MT6785, MT6789, MT6833, MT6835, MT6853, MT6853T, MT6855, MT6873, MT6877, MT6879, MT6883, MT6885, MT6886, MT6889, MT6893, MT6895, MT6983, MT6985, MT8781, MT8791, MT8791T, MT8797 Android 12.0, 13.0

References

https://corp.mediatek.com/product-security-bulletin/July-...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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