Huawei HarmonyOS/EMUI ANS System Service access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI. Impacted is an unknown function of the component ANS System Service Module. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-52955. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI (the affected version is unknown). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component ANS System Service Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability of improper authentication in the ANS system service module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause features to perform abnormally.

It is possible to read the advisory at consumer.huawei.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-52955 since 12/26/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. 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 01/14/2025). 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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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

VulDB Base Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/26/2024 🔍
01/08/2025 +13 days 🔍
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02/14/2025 +37 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-52955 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-52955
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-290735

Entryinfo

Created: 01/08/2025 05:02
Updated: 02/14/2025 13:57
Changes: 01/08/2025 05:02 (62), 01/14/2025 01:45 (12), 02/14/2025 13:57 (3)
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