CVE-2022-33731
Improper access control vulnerability in DesktopSystemUI prior to SMR Aug-2022 Release 1 allows...
Improper access control vulnerability in DesktopSystemUI prior to SMR Aug-2022 Release 1 allows attackers to enable and disable arbitrary components.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
5.1
Improper access control vulnerability in DesktopSystemUI prior to SMR Aug-2022 Release 1 allows attackers to enable and disable arbitrary components.
- Record
CVE-2022-33731- CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-36770
5.1
Improper access control vulnerability in DesktopSystemUI prior to SMR Aug-2022 Release 1 allows attackers to enable and disable arbitrary components.
- Record
EUVD-2022-36770- CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w9xc-vg9m-x2ch
7.1
Improper access control vulnerability in DesktopSystemUI prior to SMR Aug-2022 Release 1 allows...
Improper access control vulnerability in DesktopSystemUI prior to SMR Aug-2022 Release 1 allows attackers to enable and disable arbitrary components.
- Record
GHSA-w9xc-vg9m-x2ch- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
5.1
Improper access control vulnerability in DesktopSystemUI prior to SMR Aug-2022 Release 1 allows attackers to enable and disable arbitrary components.
- Record
CVE-2022-33731- CVSS 3.1
- 5.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-284
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-33731 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.1) in Google Android, published August 5, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.09%, the 0th percentile. No source names a fixed version.