How severe is CVE-2024-43093?

CVE-2024-43093 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.3 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2024-43093: 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

2024-11-07

Remediation due

2024-11-28

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/2024-11-01 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43093

Description

In shouldHideDocument of ExternalStorageProvider.java, there is a possible bypass of a file path filter designed to prevent access to sensitive directories due to incorrect unicode normalization. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.3 HIGH

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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Exploitation Context

as of October 15, 2026

All KEV statistics→

CISA added CVE-2024-43093 to the KEV catalog 6 days before its CVE record was published. The median for entries added in 2024 is 21.5 days.
It is one of 17 Android entries in the CISA KEV catalog, and one of 6 added in 2024.
Its current EPSS score (0.7%) is higher than that of 2% of CISA KEV entries.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Google	Google Android	15 14 13 12L 12

References

2 Links

Other references

Record Details

Published

2024-11-13

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

google_android

Credited to

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