Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.0 Ability access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.0. Affected is an unknown function of the component Ability Module. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-51516. Attacking locally is a requirement. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.0. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Ability Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Permission control vulnerability in the ability module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause features to function abnormally.

It is possible to read the advisory at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-51516 since 10/29/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/18/2025). 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2024-45379). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7

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CNA Base Score: 6.2
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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

10/29/2024 🔍
11/05/2024 +7 days 🔍
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09/18/2025 +317 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-51516 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-51516
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-283095
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/05/2024 10:33
Updated: 09/18/2025 19:47
Changes: 11/05/2024 10:33 (62), 09/18/2025 10:15 (13), 09/18/2025 19:47 (1)
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