Huawei HarmonyOS excessive authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei HarmonyOS. It has been rated as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in excessive authentication. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2023-44111. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Huawei HarmonyOS (version unknown). This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a excessive authentication vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-307. The product does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within a short time frame, making it more susceptible to brute force attacks. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability of brute-force attacks on the device authentication module.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.

The weakness was released 10/11/2023. The advisory is shared at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-44111 since 09/25/2023. 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 10/31/2023). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1110.001 for this issue.

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: 5.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6

VulDB Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Temp Score: 3.7
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Excessive authentication
CWE: CWE-307 / CWE-799 / CWE-400
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Physical: No
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-2023-44111 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-44111
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-241941

Entryinfo

Created: 10/11/2023 21:05
Updated: 10/31/2023 08:37
Changes: 10/11/2023 21:05 (36), 10/31/2023 08:37 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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