⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2025-12-02. Federal agencies required to patch by 2025-12-23. Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable..

CVE-2025-48572Missing Authentication for Critical Function in Frameworks Base

Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 53.75%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2025-12-02
Due 2025-12-23
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
KEV addedDec 2
PublishedDec 8
KEV dueDec 23
CISA Required Action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Description

In multiple locations, there is a possible way to launch activities from the background due to a permissions bypass. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

Androidplatform/frameworks_base16-qpr2-next:016-qpr2-next:2025-12-01+4
CVEListV5google/android4 versions+3
NVDgoogle/android4 versions+3

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-4rw8-q5j6-vc96: In multiple locations, there is a possible way to launch activities from the background due to a permissions bypass2025-12-08
CVEList
CVE-2025-48572: In multiple locations, there is a possible way to launch activities from the background due to a permissions bypass2025-12-08
OSV
CVE-2025-48572: In multiple locations, there is a possible way to launch activities from the background due to a permissions bypass2025-12-01
VulnCheck
Android Framework Privilege Escalation Vulnerability2025

📋Vendor Advisories

2
CISA
Android Framework Privilege Escalation Vulnerability2025-12-02
Android
CVE-2025-48572: Android Security Bulletin 2025-12-01 CVE: CVE-2025-48572 Severity: HIGH Type: EoP Affected AOSP versions: 13, 14, 15, 16 References: A-3857365402025-12-01
CVE-2025-48572 — Platform Frameworks Base vulnerability | cvebase