high Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2025-48572Android Framework — background activity launch skips a check

A permission check is missed in several places in the Android framework, letting an app launch activities from the background and raise its own privileges. No user interaction is needed.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Install the December 2025 Android security patch level or later; on devices past vendor support, plan replacement instead of waiting.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
7.8/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
0%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2025-12-08
Added to KEV
2025-12-02
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
high
Kill chain
privilege escalation
MITRE ATT&CK
—
Severity
high

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

Attacker needsAn app already installed on the device; no extra permissions needed.

Behind the card

4 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-09-24scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-09-24claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2025-48572 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-09-24