In onCreate of WifiDialogActivity.java, there is a possible way to bypass the DISALLOW_ADD_WIFI_CONFIG restriction due to a missing permiss…

published 2024-05-07 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-21165

cvss: 7.0; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 0%
public exploits: 0; none known

In onCreate of WifiDialogActivity.java, there is a possible way to bypass the DISALLOW_ADD_WIFI_CONFIG restriction due to a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Patch / fix

links 2

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-05-13)

Exploit prediction

0.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 0% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	7.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	7.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Google Android

Classification

Weakness

CWE-280 Improper Handling of Insufficient Permissions or Privileges
CWE-862 Missing Authorization

References

android.googlesource.com /platform/packages/apps/Settings/+/2e90322bab7de1deaf3c82e207bf4404b92743d7
mailing-list, patch
source.android.com /security/bulletin/2024-04-01
patch, vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-23704
NVD CVE-2024-23704

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Summary