CVE-2020-0481 — In AndroidManifest.xml, there is a possible permissions bypass

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LOW

In AndroidManifest.xml, there is a possible permissions bypass

Published Dec 15, 2020

3.3

LOW

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 0.13%

Description

In AndroidManifest.xml, there is a possible permissions bypass. This could lead to local escalation of privilege allowing a non-system app to send a broadcast it shouldn't have permissions to send, with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android-11Android ID: A-157472962

Affected products

Vendor n/a Product Android Default
n/a
- Version
  Android-11
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

n/a

Android

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
Android-11	affected	-

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.13% 0.00132

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00132

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (9 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 3, 2026	0.13% (0.00132)	2.35th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.13% (0.00132)	3.18th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.06th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.04% (0.01036)	43.31th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.04% (0.01036)	39.16th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	2.76% (0.02763)	63.78th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.72% (0.00716)	19.88th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.16% (0.00160)	0.00th	v1