CVE-2025-48619
Published: 02 March 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-48619 is a high-severity Improper Access Control (CWE-284) vulnerability in Google Android. Its CVSS base score is 8.4 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 0.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Directly addresses the logic error by requiring enforcement of approved access authorizations, preventing read-only apps from truncating files.
Mandates identification, reporting, and correction of flaws like the ContentProvider.java logic error via available patches.
Enforces least privilege to limit app capabilities, mitigating local escalation from read-only access violations.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Vulnerability is a local logic flaw enabling file truncation and privilege escalation via improper access control (CWE-284), directly matching exploitation for local privilege escalation.
NVD Description
In multiple functions of ContentProvider.java, there is a possible way for an app with read-only access to truncate files due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges…
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needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-48619 is a logic error vulnerability affecting multiple functions in ContentProvider.java within the Android Open Source Project. The flaw enables an app with read-only access to truncate files, which could result in local escalation of privilege. No additional execution privileges or user interaction are required for exploitation.
A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability with low complexity and no privileges (PR:N), as indicated by its CVSS 3.1 score of 8.4 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H). Exploitation allows high-impact compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, stemming from CWE-284 (Improper Access Control).
The Android security bulletin at https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2026/2026-03-01 provides details on affected versions and available patches for mitigation.
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