Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.0 Contacts access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Contacts Module. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-46586. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code of the component Contacts 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 integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Permission control vulnerability in the contacts module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.

It is possible to read the advisory at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-46586 since 04/25/2025. 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-2025-13571). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

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Exploitinginfo

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

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Timelineinfo

04/25/2025 🔍
05/06/2025 +11 days 🔍
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09/18/2025 +135 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-46586 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-46586
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-307563
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/06/2025 09:19
Updated: 09/18/2025 15:45
Changes: 05/06/2025 09:19 (63), 09/18/2025 11:17 (12), 09/18/2025 15:45 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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