Huawei HarmonyOS/EMUI Settings permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Settings Module. The manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-52539. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI (version now known) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Settings Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Permission verification vulnerability in the Settings module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.

It is possible to read the advisory at consumer.huawei.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-52539 since 02/27/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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 08/15/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1222 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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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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

02/27/2024 🔍
04/08/2024 +40 days 🔍
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08/15/2024 +129 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-52539 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-52539
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-259727

Entryinfo

Created: 04/08/2024 12:23
Updated: 08/15/2024 20:50
Changes: 04/08/2024 12:23 (51), 08/15/2024 20:50 (13)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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