VDB-216432 · CVE-2022-46318 · GCVE-0-2022-46318

Huawei HarmonyOS HAware privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei HarmonyOS. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component HAware Module. The manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2022-46318. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Huawei HarmonyOS (version now known). Affected is some unknown processing of the component HAware Module. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

The HAware module has a function logic error. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will affect the account removal function in Settings.

The weakness was disclosed 12/21/2022. The advisory is shared for download at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-46318 since 11/29/2022. 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 04/17/2025).

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

HarmonyOS

License

commercial

Website

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

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/29/2022 🔍
12/21/2022 +22 days 🔍
12/21/2022 +0 days 🔍
04/17/2025 +847 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-46318 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-46318
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-216432

Entryinfo

Created: 12/21/2022 09:08
Updated: 04/17/2025 00:15
Changes: 12/21/2022 09:08 (35), 01/21/2023 14:13 (11), 04/17/2025 00:15 (16)
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