Huawei EMUI/Magic UI Icon access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei EMUI and Magic UI. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Icon Handler. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2023-34158. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Huawei EMUI and Magic UI (unknown version). This affects an unknown code block of the component Icon Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability of spoofing trustlists of Huawei desktop.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can cause third-party apps to hide app icons on the desktop to prevent them from being uninstalled.

The weakness was disclosed 06/20/2023. The advisory is shared at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-34158 since 05/29/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/06/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

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-2023-38258). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

VulDB Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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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-2023-34158 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-34158
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-231957
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/20/2023 07:40
Updated: 01/06/2026 17:41
Changes: 06/20/2023 07:40 (35), 06/20/2023 07:41 (2), 07/15/2023 16:48 (11), 12/12/2024 03:28 (27), 01/06/2026 17:41 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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