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CVE-2025-32345: Google Android · Elevation of Privilege

Affects Google AndroidSource CVE Database V5

0

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 15:59 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.09% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 0% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 4 Sep 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Google AndroidAffected
  • =16
  • =15
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Organizations and users should monitor official Google Android security advisories for patches addressing CVE-2025-32345 and apply updates promptly once available. Until patches are released, limiting the creation of secondary user accounts on sensitive devices can reduce exposure. Employ strict user account management policies, ensuring secondary users have minimal privileges and are monitored for suspicious activity. Use mobile device management (MDM) solutions to enforce security configurations and restrict changes to security-related settings. Regularly audit device configurations to detect unauthorized modifications to deceptive app scanning or similar security features. Educate users about the risks of multi-user environments and encourage the use of personal devices for sensitive tasks. For enterprise deployments, consider isolating critical applications and data within secure containers or virtual environments to limit the impact of privilege escalation. Finally, implement comprehensive endpoint detection and response (EDR) tools capable of identifying anomalous behavior indicative of privilege escalation attempts.

Description

In updateState of ContentProtectionTogglePreferenceController.java, there is a possible way for a secondary user to disable the primary user's deceptive app scanning setting 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.

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