Huawei HarmonyOS APPWidget missing authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Huawei HarmonyOS. This affects an unknown function of the component APPWidget Module. The manipulation results in missing authentication. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-44116. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Huawei HarmonyOS (version unknown). Affected is an unknown function of the component APPWidget Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a missing authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-306. The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability of access permissions not being strictly verified in the APPWidget module.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause some apps to run without being authorized.

The weakness was published 10/11/2023. The advisory is shared for download at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-44116 since 09/25/2023. 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 10/31/2023).

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: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Missing authentication
CWE: CWE-306 / CWE-287
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/25/2023 🔍
10/11/2023 +16 days 🔍
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10/31/2023 +20 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-44116 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-44116
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-241920

Entryinfo

Created: 10/11/2023 16:43
Updated: 10/31/2023 08:00
Changes: 10/11/2023 16:43 (37), 10/31/2023 08:00 (11)
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Cache ID: 216:3D0:103

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