Vulnerability
CVE-2025-48572
Android Framework: privilege escalation
Most severe levelDEFCON 3 · Substantial risk
Official data
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 · high
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-306
- EPSS
- 0.26% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of CVEs
- CISA KEV catalogue
- Yes, since 2 December 2025
Sources: NVD (CVSS, weakness, publication), FIRST (EPSS), CISA (KEV catalogue).
Data read on 5 November 2026.
Timeline
- 2 December 2025Added to the CISA KEV catalogue
- 3 December 2025First in the DefenceLevel briefing
- 8 December 2025Published on NVD
In DefenceLevel briefings9 days
- 11 December 2025Still ongoingDEFCON 4
- 10 December 2025Still ongoingDEFCON 4
- 9 December 2025New in the last 24 hoursDEFCON 3
- 8 December 2025New in the last 24 hoursDEFCON 3
- 7 December 2025New in the last 24 hoursDEFCON 3
- 6 December 2025New in the last 24 hoursDEFCON 3
- 5 December 2025New in the last 24 hoursDEFCON 3
- 4 December 2025New in the last 24 hoursDEFCON 3
- 3 December 2025New in the last 24 hoursDEFCON 3
Last 12 months.
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