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CVE-2025-36935VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-36935: Google Android · Elevation of privilege

Affects Google AndroidSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.07% 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 11 Dec 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 2026-10-25.

What to do

AI-suggested

Organizations and users should monitor for official patches from Google and device manufacturers and apply them immediately once available. Until patches are released, enforcing strict local user privilege management is critical—restricting access to trusted users only and disabling unnecessary local accounts. Employ mobile device management (MDM) solutions to enforce security policies and detect anomalous behavior indicative of privilege escalation attempts. Regularly audit device configurations and installed applications to minimize attack surface. Consider using kernel integrity monitoring tools where feasible. Additionally, educating users about the risks of installing untrusted applications or granting unnecessary permissions can reduce the likelihood of initial compromise. For enterprises, isolating critical mobile devices and sensitive data can limit the impact of a successful exploit.

Description

In trusty_ffa_mem_reclaim of shared-mem-smcall.c, there is a possible memory corruption due to uninitialized data. 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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