Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.1/5.1.0 Screen Management access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.1/5.1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Screen Management Module. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-54608. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.1/5.1.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Screen Management Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Vulnerability that allows setting screen rotation direction without permission verification in the screen management module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause device screen orientation to be arbitrarily set.

The advisory is shared for download at consumer.huawei.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-54608 since 07/28/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 08/21/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

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: 5.2
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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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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

07/28/2025 CVE reserved
08/06/2025 +9 days Advisory disclosed
08/06/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/21/2025 +15 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-54608 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-54608
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-318956

Entryinfo

Created: 08/06/2025 08:20
Updated: 08/21/2025 02:09
Changes: 08/06/2025 08:20 (63), 08/06/2025 13:31 (1), 08/21/2025 02:09 (11)
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