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A vulnerability was found in Huawei HarmonyOS and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Sensor Privacy Module. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-46313. There is no exploit available. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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A vulnerability has been found in Huawei HarmonyOS (affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Sensor Privacy Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

The sensor privacy module has an authentication vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause unavailability of the smartphone's camera and microphone.

The weakness was disclosed 12/21/2022. It is possible to read the advisory at device.harmonyos.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-46313 since 11/29/2022. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/21/2023).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• Huawei

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• HarmonyOS

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• commercial

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