CVE-2022-47462
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIn telephone service, there is a missing permission check. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with system execution privileges needed.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · low confidenceThis vulnerability involves a missing permission check in the telephone service component, allowing a local attacker to escalate privileges. The CVSS vector indicates local access is required (AV:L) with high attack complexity (AC:H), and while some privileges are needed, the missing authorization allows gaining additional capabilities beyond the initial access level.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 10.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check Android versionRun 'getprop ro.build.version.release' or check Settings > About Phone > Android versionAffected if Version is exactly 10.0 (Android 10)
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Verify telephone service component existsCheck for presence of telephony-related services: run 'dumpsys -l' or look for com.android.phone or similar telephony processes via 'ps -A | grep -i phone'Affected if Telephone service is installed and running on the device
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Identify if sensitive telephony APIs are exposedReview telephony service permissions by running 'dumpsys package com.android.phone' and check the manifest for protected APIsAffected if The telephone service exposes APIs without proper permission enforcement (no signature|privileged checks)
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Confirm local application execution capabilityVerify the device allows local application installation or ADB access by checking 'getprop ro.debuggable' or testing adb shell accessAffected if Local attacker can execute code on the device (AV:L condition met)
A device is affected if it runs Android version exactly 10.0 and has the telephone service component with unprotected telephony APIs accessible to local attackers.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper permission checks in the telephone service to validate caller authorization before executing sensitive operations. Apply principle of least privilege to all telephony APIs.
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- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-47462 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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