Huawei HarmonyOS/EMUI Home Screen Widget code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Home Screen Widget Module. The manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-56448. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI (affected version not known). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Home Screen Widget Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability of improper access control in the home screen widget module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.

It is possible to read the advisory at consumer.huawei.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-56448 since 12/26/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. 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 T1059 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: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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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-2024-56448 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-56448
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-290747

Entryinfo

Created: 01/08/2025 05:06
Updated: 01/14/2025 01:58
Changes: 01/08/2025 05:06 (62), 01/14/2025 01:58 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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