VDB-233113 · CVE-2023-37242 · GCVE-0-2023-37242

Huawei EMUI/Magic UI Modem authorization

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7.6	$5k-$25k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Huawei EMUI and Magic UI. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Modem. This manipulation causes authorization. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2023-37242. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Huawei EMUI and Magic UI (version now known) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Modem. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-639. The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability of commands from the modem being intercepted in the atcmdserver module. Attackers may exploit this vulnerability to rewrite the non-volatile random-access memory (NVRAM), or facilitate the exploitation of other vulnerabilities.

The weakness was presented 07/06/2023. The advisory is shared at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-37242 since 06/29/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/24/2023).

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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Productinfo

Type

Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

Huawei

Name

License

open-source

Website

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

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

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

NVD Base Score: 9.8
NVD Vector: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-639 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

06/29/2023 🔍
07/06/2023 +7 days 🔍
07/06/2023 +0 days 🔍
07/24/2023 +18 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-37242 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-37242
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-233113

Entryinfo

Created: 07/06/2023 16:12
Updated: 07/24/2023 08:47
Changes: 07/06/2023 16:12 (36), 07/24/2023 08:47 (11)
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