CVE-2025-48618 (GCVE-0-2025-48618)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-08 16:57
Modified
2025-12-08 19:23
Severity ?
6.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Elevation of privilege
Summary
In processLaunchBrowser of CommandParamsFactory.java, there is a possible browser interaction from the lockscreen due to improper locking. This could lead to physical escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Google Android Version: 16
Version: 15
Version: 14
Version: 13
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