Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.0 Note Sharing privileges assignment

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Note Sharing Module. This manipulation causes privileges assignment. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-48911. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Note Sharing Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges assignment vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-266. A product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability of improper permission assignment in the note sharing module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.

The advisory is shared at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-48911 since 05/28/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/06/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

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-2025-17064). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges assignment
CWE: CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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05/28/2025 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-48911 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-48911
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-311329
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/06/2025 09:07
Updated: 06/06/2025 19:11
Changes: 06/06/2025 09:07 (62), 06/06/2025 10:52 (1), 06/06/2025 19:11 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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