A vulnerability in Android 12 and subsequent versions allows to obtain privileges elevated to cybercriminals

India has issued a warning for users of devices with Android operating system with versions from 12 to 15, which contain vulnerability likely to be exploited by cybercriminals to obtain Your high control and privileges.

The Emergency Response Team of India (Cert-In), in collaboration with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology of India (Meity) have identified this gap, which allows cybercriminals to execute different fraudulent activities.

Among them, stealing confidential data, obtaining greater access to the system, executing malicious code or even provoking conditions of denial of service (two) and blocking the affected devices, as gathered by means of this country, such as Times of India.

According to the notice issued as CIVN-2025-0013 per cert-in, which is the cybersecurity control agency of the government of this country, the versions of the Google SO that have registered this vulnerability are Android 12, 12L, 13, 14 y 15which is the most recent.

The failure, registered as CVE-2024-53104, is being exploited in a generalized way, so the authorities have recommended both users and original equipment manufacturers (OEM) installation of security updates as soon as possible to defend against emerging cyber threats.

Other recommendations are the download of applications from reliable sources (in this case, the official Google Play Store application store) and avoid third -party sources and stores. It is also convenient habilitar Google Play Protect To detect and block potentially harmful applications, as well as review applications permits.

Finally, since cert-in they have advised being careful with the links and avoid clicking on Those who are suspiciousincluded in emails or messages, as well as making data backs from the data periodically, either in the cloud or an external storage.