Huawei EMUI/Magic UI Ad Handler improper authentication

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5.8$5k-$25k0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Huawei EMUI and Magic UI. Affected is an unknown function of the component Ad Handler. This manipulation causes improper authentication. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-48491. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Huawei EMUI and Magic UI (affected version unknown). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Ad Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability of missing authentication on certain HUAWEI phones.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to ads and other windows to display at any time.

The weakness was disclosed 06/20/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-48491 since 05/29/2023. 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 07/15/2023).

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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.8

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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NVD Base Score: 5.3
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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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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/29/2023 🔍
06/20/2023 +22 days 🔍
06/20/2023 +0 days 🔍
07/15/2023 +25 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-48491 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-48491
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-231967

Entryinfo

Created: 06/20/2023 07:55
Updated: 07/15/2023 18:02
Changes: 06/20/2023 07:55 (37), 07/15/2023 18:02 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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