GoogleExploited incident
Android Framework Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CVE-2024-43093High, CVSS 7.3In CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog since 7 Nov 2024
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Response
- Silence
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- Exposure
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- Follow-through
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- Vendor silent
- Vendor statement, no fix
- Fixed for some versions
- Fixed when disclosed
- Date only, no time of day
Timeline and evidence
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First public report
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CISA KEV (CVE-2024-43093)ClaimedQuote verified
Android Framework Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Added to CISA's KEV catalog on 2024-11-07.
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- CISA KEV (CVE-2024-43093) kev
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- Date only (no time of day is shown)
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- Found in the archived copy
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sha256:ef8fffede5c47200…- Used in metrics
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Bluesky postClaimedQuote not checked yet5 Nov 2024, 03:55 UTC
Google Warns of Actively Exploited CVE-2024-43093 Vulnerability in Android System
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- Bluesky post social
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CVE.org record CVE-2024-43093ClaimedQuote verified13 Nov 2024, 17:25 UTC
In shouldHideDocument of ExternalStorageProvider.java, there is a possible bypass of a file path filter designed to prevent access to sensitive directories due to incorrect unicode normalization.
CVE record published.
- Source
- CVE.org record CVE-2024-43093 cve record
- Recorded time
- Precision
- To the minute
- Origin
- Claimed. The date the source gives.
- Quote check
- Found in the archived copy
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sha256:2cab9cbf2bc5855f…- Used in metrics
- No, kept for the record
Vendor statement
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First workaround
No official mitigation found yet.
First fix
No fixed release found yet for any affected branch.
Fixed for all versions
No evidence yet of fixed releases for every supported branch.
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Affected products
- Framework
- Android
How we built this timeline
Automated check: the vendor's original advisory is outside our collected window (the vendor's own CVE record was published 13 Nov 2024, 109 days before the earliest vendor item we hold); automated vendor and patch moments are left unknown.
Related
- Android Runtime Use-After-Free Vulnerability CVE-2025-48543
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