VDB-231956 · CVE-2023-34159 · EUVD-2023-38259

Huawei EMUI/Magic UI Notepad App permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei EMUI and Magic UI and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Notepad App. Such manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-34159. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei EMUI and Magic UI (the affected version is unknown). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Notepad App. 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. CVE summarizes:

Improper permission control vulnerability in the Notepad app.Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may lead to privilege escalation, which affects availability and confidentiality.

The weakness was released 06/20/2023. The advisory is shared for download at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-34159 since 05/29/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 01/06/2026). 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-38259). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

Huawei

Name

License

open-source

Website

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

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

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

NVD Base Score: 9.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 9.8
CNA Vector: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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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
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

05/29/2023 🔍
06/20/2023 +22 days 🔍
06/20/2023 +0 days 🔍
01/06/2026 +931 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-34159 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-34159
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-231956
EUVD: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 06/20/2023 07:38
Updated: 01/06/2026 19:06
Changes: 06/20/2023 07:38 (37), 07/15/2023 16:40 (11), 12/12/2024 03:28 (27), 01/06/2026 19:06 (1)
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