How severe is CVE-2023-35674?

CVE-2023-35674 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2023-35674: Android Framework Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Android Framework Privilege Escalation Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2023-09-13

Remediation due

2023-10-04

Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA notes
https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2023-09-01; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-35674

Description

In onCreate of WindowState.java, there is a possible way to launch a background activity 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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA8.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Exploitation Context

as of October 13, 2026

All KEV statistics→

CISA added CVE-2023-35674 to the KEV catalog 2 days after its CVE record was published. The median for entries added in 2023 is 12 days.
It is one of 17 Android entries in the CISA KEV catalog, and one of 2 added in 2023.
Its current EPSS score (2.6%) is higher than that of 11% of CISA KEV entries.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Google	Google Android	13 12L 12 11

References

2 Links

Other references

Record Details

Published

2023-09-11

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

google_android

Credited to

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