CVE-2025-48574 - Vulnerability Analysis

Overview

DisplayPolicy in Android contains a local privilege escalation caused by missing permission check in validateAddingWindowLw, letting local apps intercept drag-and-drop events, exploit requires no user interaction.

Severity & Score

Impact

Local attacker can escalate privileges by intercepting drag-and-drop events without additional execution rights.

Mitigation

Update to the latest Android version with the fix.

References

• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2026-03-01

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TheHackerWire

@thehackerwire

Mar 3, 2026

🟠 CVE-2025-48574 - High (8.4) In validateAddingWindowLw of DisplayPolicy.java, there is a possible way for an app to intercept drag-and-drop events due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges neede... 🔗 https://www.thehackerwire.com/vulnerability/CVE-2025-48574/ #CVE #vulnerability #infosec #cybersecurity #security #Tenda #patchstack

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