Huawei HarmonyOS/EMUI Connectivity access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI. This impacts an unknown function of the component Connectivity Module. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2024-56440. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI (affected version unknown). This affects an unknown functionality of the component Connectivity 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 Connectivity module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause features to perform abnormally.

It is possible to read the advisory at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-56440 since 12/26/2024. 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 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: 6.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

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CNA Base Score: 6.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

12/26/2024 🔍
01/08/2025 +13 days 🔍
01/08/2025 +0 days 🔍
01/14/2025 +6 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-56440 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-56440
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-290739

Entryinfo

Created: 01/08/2025 05:04
Updated: 01/14/2025 01:58
Changes: 01/08/2025 05:04 (62), 01/14/2025 01:58 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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