CVE-2025-36898 (GCVE-0-2025-36898)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-04 04:55 – Updated: 2026-02-26 17:49
VLAI
Summary
There is a possible escalation of privilege due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • Elevation of privilege
  • CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure
Assigner
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Google Android Affected: Android kernel
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