VDB-185648 · CVE-2021-36986 · GCVE-0-2021-36986

Huawei Smartphone Kernel permission

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5.3	$0-$5k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Huawei Smartphone. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Kernel. Such manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2021-36986. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei Smartphone (Smartphone Operating System) (affected version unknown) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Kernel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 10/28/2021. The advisory is shared for download at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2021-36986 since 07/20/2021. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 10/28/2021). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1222.

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

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Productinfo

Type

Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

Huawei

Name

Smartphone

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.huawei.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/20/2021 🔍
10/28/2021 +100 days 🔍
10/28/2021 +0 days 🔍
11/01/2021 +4 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2021-36986 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2021-36986
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-185648

Entryinfo

Created: 10/28/2021 20:09
Updated: 11/01/2021 14:36
Changes: 10/28/2021 20:09 (37), 11/01/2021 14:36 (1)
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