Huawei HarmonyOS/EMUI Multi-Screen Interaction privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Multi-Screen Interaction Module. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-52116. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI (the affected version is unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Multi-Screen Interaction Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Permission management vulnerability in the multi-screen interaction module. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause service exceptions of the device.

The weakness was disclosed 01/16/2024. It is possible to read the advisory at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-52116 since 12/27/2023. 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 06/02/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Timelineinfo

12/27/2023 🔍
01/16/2024 +20 days 🔍
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06/02/2025 +503 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-52116 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-52116
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-250807

Entryinfo

Created: 01/16/2024 09:47
Updated: 06/02/2025 18:23
Changes: 01/16/2024 09:47 (37), 02/03/2024 21:35 (11), 06/02/2025 18:23 (17)
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