Google resolved a zero-day vulnerability in the Pixel Firmware being actively abused

Google resolved a zero-day vulnerability in the Pixel Firmware being actively abused

Pierluigi Paganini
June 13, 2024

Google issued a caution regarding a security flaw affecting its Pixel Firmware, which has been actively exploited as a zero-day threat.

Google alerted about an escalation of privilege vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-32896, in the Pixel Firmware, which has been exploited as a zero-day threat.

“There are signs that CVE-2024-32896 might be under restricted, targeted exploitation.” states the advisory.

As customary, the technology behemoth did not disclose technical details regarding the attacks exploiting the mentioned issue.

The Pixel Update Bulletin furnishes information on security vulnerabilities and enhancements for compatible Google Pixel devices. The company tackled all the issues outlined in the bulletin with the dissemination of the security patch levels of 2024-06-05 or later and the June 2024 Android Security Bulletin.

Seven out of 50 security vulnerabilities have been classified as critical:

The company addressed numerous incidents of information disclosure vulnerabilities impacting GsmSs, ACPM, and Trusty, as well as several DoS issues in the modem.

In April, Google resolved 28 vulnerabilities in Android and 25 flaws in Pixel devices. Two problems rectified by the technology giant, identified as CVE-2024-29745 and CVE-2024-29748, were actively exploited in the wild.

CVE-2024-29745 is a High severity information disclosure problem in the bootloader, while CVE-2024-29748 is a High severity escalation of privilege problem in the Pixel Firmware.

“There are signs that the subsequent issues might be under limited, targeted exploitation.” comments the advisory.

The company refrained from disclosing specifics about the attacks; however, historically, such types of vulnerabilities have been exploited actively by nation-state entities or commercial spyware vendors.

Pierluigi Paganini

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