CVE-2024-56191
Google Android
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2024-56191 is a high-severity Improper Preservation of Permissions (CWE-281) vulnerability in Google Android. Its CVSS base score is 8.4 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data from Local System (T1005); ranked at the 0.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-16 (Security and Privacy Attributes) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2024-56191 is an integer overflow vulnerability in the `dhd_process_full_gscan_result` function within `dhd_pno.c`, part of the Broadcom Wi-Fi driver implementation in Android. This flaw enables a potential escalation of privilege (EoP) and affects Pixel Watch devices, as detailed in the Android security bulletin for March 2025.
A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability without requiring additional execution privileges (PR:N), user interaction (UI:N), or complex setup (AC:L). Successful exploitation grants high-impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability effects (C:H/I:H/A:H), allowing the attacker to elevate privileges locally on the affected device, with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.4.
The Android Security Bulletin for Pixel Watch, dated 2025-03-01 and available at https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/pixel-watch/2025/2025-03-01, addresses this issue with patches. Security practitioners should apply the recommended updates to mitigate the risk of local privilege escalation.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-54275
Vulnerability Data
In dhd_process_full_gscan_result of dhd_pno.c, there is a possible EoP due to an integer overflow. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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- 8 hardening rules · 3 OS baselines
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Associating and preserving security attributes (including permissions) with objects reduces the chance they are lost or weakened on copy/restore/share.
Enforcing approved authorizations for access directly stops objects from receiving or retaining less-restrictive permissions than intended.
Least-privilege assignments limit the blast radius when permissions are incorrectly relaxed during copy/restore/share operations.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Enforcing least-privilege permission policies and reviews directly prevents incorrect permission propagation on copy/restore/share operations.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Access-control policy defines how permissions must be preserved when objects are copied or shared.
Access-rights provisioning and review processes directly address the risk of overly permissive copied objects.
Privileged-access management includes rules for maintaining correct permissions on copied or restored data.
Information-access-restriction controls enforce least-privilege permissions that must be preserved during copy/restore operations.
Change-management procedures can require verification that permissions remain intact after modifications or restores.
Configuration baselines can embed permission settings, indirectly reducing the chance of incorrect preservation.
Hardening callouts derived
Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).
Windows Server 2019 (1 rule)
- V-205743 Windows Server 2019 organization created Active Directory Organizational Unit (OU) objects must have proper access control permissions. prevents CWE-281
Windows Server 2022 (2 rules)
- V-254393 Windows Server 2022 Active Directory Group Policy objects must have proper access control permissions. prevents CWE-281
- V-254395 Windows Server 2022 organization created Active Directory Organizational Unit (OU) objects must have proper access control permissions. prevents CWE-281