CVE-2018-9477

Summary

CVE-2018-9477 is a vulnerability affecting the Settings app that allows for local privilege escalation. In the development options section of the app, a missing permission check enables an authentication bypass. With no additional execution privileges required, an attacker can exploit this vulnerability through user interaction to escalate their privileges within the system.

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