Huawei EMUI/Magic UI hwKitAssistant improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Huawei EMUI and Magic UI. This impacts an unknown function of the component hwKitAssistant. Performing a manipulation results in improper authentication. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2023-0117. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei EMUI and Magic UI (version now known). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown processing of the component hwKitAssistant. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The online authentication provided by the hwKitAssistant lacks strict identity verification of applications. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability of features,such as MeeTime.

The weakness was shared 05/26/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-0117 since 01/09/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/06/2025).

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-12207). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

01/09/2023 🔍
05/26/2023 +136 days 🔍
05/26/2023 +0 days 🔍
07/06/2025 +772 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-0117 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-0117
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-230019
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/26/2023 19:34
Updated: 07/06/2025 22:58
Changes: 05/26/2023 19:34 (37), 06/21/2023 09:11 (11), 01/16/2025 02:12 (27), 07/06/2025 22:58 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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