Privilege Escalation in GenieZone via Missing Permission Check
CVE-2026-20448 Published on May 4, 2026
In geniezone, there is a possible escalation of privilege due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege if a malicious actor has already obtained the System privilege. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS10708513; Issue ID: MSV-6281.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-20448 is exploitable with local system access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges
The application does not handle or incorrectly handles when it has insufficient privileges to access resources or functionality as specified by their permissions. This may cause it to follow unexpected code paths that may leave the application in an invalid state.
Affected Versions
MediaTek, Inc. MediaTek chipset:- Version MT6765 is affected.
- Version MT6768 is affected.
- Version MT6789 is affected.
- Version MT6877 is affected.
- Version MT6897 is affected.
- Version MT6899 is affected.
- Version MT6989 is affected.
- Version MT6991 is affected.
- Version MT6993 is affected.
- Version MT8367 is affected.
- Version MT8766 is affected.
- Version MT8768 is affected.
- Version MT8775 is affected.
- Version MT8781 is affected.
- Version MT8786 is affected.
- Version MT8788E is affected.
- Version MT8791T is affected.
- Version MT8792 is affected.
- Version MT8793 is affected.
- Version MT8796 is affected.
- Version MT8893 is affected.
- Version MT8910 is affected.