VDB-210916 · CVE-2022-38985 · GCVE-0-2022-38985

Huawei HarmonyOS Facial Recognition information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei HarmonyOS. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Facial Recognition Module. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-38985. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Huawei HarmonyOS (version now known). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Facial Recognition Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The facial recognition module has a vulnerability in input validation.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect data confidentiality.

The weakness was released 10/14/2022. The advisory is shared for download at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-38985 since 08/29/2022. 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 11/08/2022). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

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

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

Huawei

Name

HarmonyOS

License

commercial

Website

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

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.5
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/29/2022 🔍
10/14/2022 +46 days 🔍
10/14/2022 +0 days 🔍
11/08/2022 +25 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-38985 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-38985
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-210916

Entryinfo

Created: 10/14/2022 23:52
Updated: 11/08/2022 13:12
Changes: 10/14/2022 23:52 (37), 11/08/2022 13:12 (11)
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