Android OS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Known Exploited Vulnerability

CVE-2011-1823, Android OS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. The vold volume manager daemon in Android kernel trusts messages from a PF_NETLINK socket, which allows an attacker to execute code and gain root privileges. This vulnerability is associated with GingerBreak and Exploit.AndroidOS.Lotoor.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by September 29, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.