CVE-2025-48543: Technical Deep-Dive (Auto Refreshed)

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Executive Technical Summary

In multiple locations, there is a possible way to escape chrome sandbox to attack android system_server due to a use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

• Context preserved from previous revision: In multiple locations, there is a possible way to escape chrome sandbox to attack android system_server due to a use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Notes: PoC exploit for CVE-2025-48543 in C++

Technical Details

• CVE: CVE-2025-48543
• KEV date added: 2025-09-04
• KEV due date: 2025-09-25
• NVD published: 2025-09-04
• NVD modified: 2025-10-23
• MITRE modified: 2026-02-26
• CVSS base score: 8.8
• CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
• CVSS exploitability score: 2
• CVSS impact score: 6
• Attack vector: Local
• Attack complexity: Low
• Privileges required: Low
• User interaction: None
• Scope: Changed
• Confidentiality impact: High
• Integrity impact: High
• Availability impact: High

Versions and Products Impacted

• google / android (versions: 13.0)
• google / android (versions: 14.0)
• google / android (versions: 15.0)
• google / android (versions: 16.0)
• Google / Android (versions: 16, 15, 14, 13)

Weakness Classification

• CWE-416
• Elevation of privilege

Repositories for Lab Validation (Public Examples)

• gamesarchive/CVE-2025-48543 | stars: 50 | updated: 2026-03-17 | https://github.com/gamesarchive/CVE-2025-48543
  Notes: PoC exploit for CVE-2025-48543 in C++

People and Organizations Mentioned

• google_android
• Android
• Runtime
• gamesarchive

Practical Defensive Validation (Authorized Only)

1. Use only isolated environments and systems you own or are explicitly authorized to test.
2. Snapshot infrastructure before validation and preserve baseline logs (EDR, SIEM, OS, app).
3. Create low-privilege users on google / android (versions: 13.0) and validate that patching blocks unauthorized admin-level actions.
4. Compare token/privilege transitions in Windows Event Logs before and after remediation.
5. Tune detections for unusual group membership changes and SYSTEM-level process launches from user sessions.

References

• NVD record: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48543
• MITRE CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48543
• CISA KEV Catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
• CISA KEV JSON feed: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json
• KEV notes: https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2025-09-01 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48543
• https://android.googlesource.com/platform/art/+/444fc40dfb04d2ec5f74c443ed3a4dd45d3131f2
• https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-09-01
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-48543
• Repository example: https://github.com/gamesarchive/CVE-2025-48543

This content is for defensive security training and authorized validation only.