Huawei HarmonyOS/EMUI Window Management privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI. It has been rated as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Window Management Module. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-56447. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei HarmonyOS and EMUI (version unknown) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Window Management Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability of improper permission control in the window management 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-2024-56447 since 12/26/2024. The exploitation is known 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 $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: 7.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.7

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.8
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CNA Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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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-2024-56447 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-56447
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-290759

Entryinfo

Created: 01/08/2025 05:13
Updated: 01/14/2025 01:58
Changes: 01/08/2025 05:13 (62), 01/14/2025 01:58 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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