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CVE-2025-48574 - Vulnerability Analysis

HighCVSS: 8.4

Last Updated: March 2, 2026

Android DisplayPolicy - Privilege Escalation

Published: March 2, 2026Updated: March 2, 2026

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

Severity: High

CVSS Score: 8.4

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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Details

CVE ID: CVE-2025-48574
Severity: High
CVSS Score: 8.4
Type: broken_access_control
Status: unconfirmed

CWE

CWE-862

CVSS Metrics

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H