Threats / Android / CVE-2024-32896
CVE-2024-32896
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Android Pixel vulnerability
Android Pixel firmware vulnerability enabling privilege escalation, actively exploited in the wild.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
CWE-783 privilege escalation in Pixel firmware allows attackers to gain elevated system access. Active exploitation in the wild indicates immediate risk to device security and user data.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
8 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-06-13).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.0301 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Android, Pixel. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-783 CWE-783.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
WeaknessCWE-783 · CWE-783
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
03
Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
Gain code execution in unprivileged context on target Pixel device.
Business
User device security perimeter is compromised, enabling further malicious activity.
2
Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
Exploit firmware vulnerability to escalate privileges to system level.
Business
Attacker obtains unrestricted control over device hardware and software functions.
3
Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
Access sensitive user data, system credentials, and protected resources.
Business
Confidentiality breach exposes personal information and authentication tokens at scale.
04
What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
05
Coverage & confidence
— what we know, and what we don’tEstablished (cited)
Coverage gaps — stated, not hidden
Disclosure & credit2
Catalogued by Google_DevicesCNA
Credited with finding itNo finder named in the public CVE record — the work behind this find is unattributed.