CVE-2025-20730 | MediaTek MT8696 preloader Local Privilege Escalation (WID-SEC-2025-2711)
A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in MediaTek MT2737, MT6739, MT6761, MT6765, MT6768, MT6781, MT6789, MT6833, MT6835, MT6853, MT6855, MT6877, MT6878, MT6879, MT6883, MT6885, MT6886, MT6889, MT6893, MT6895, MT6897, MT6899, MT6983, MT6985, MT6989, MT6990, MT6991, MT8188, MT8195, MT8676, MT8678 and MT8696. Impacted is an unknown function of the component preloader. This manipulation causes Local Privilege Escalation.
The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-20730. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available.
It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.