VDB-318989 · CVE-2025-54618 · GCVE-0-2025-54618

Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.1/5.1.0 Distributed Clipboard permission

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4.6	$5k-$25k	0.00

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.1/5.1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Distributed Clipboard Module. The manipulation leads to permission. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-54618. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.1/5.1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Distributed Clipboard Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-275. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Permission control vulnerability in the distributed clipboard module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.

The advisory is shared at consumer.huawei.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-54618 since 07/28/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Access to the local network is required for this attack to succeed. 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 08/06/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1222 for this issue.

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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Productinfo

Type

Smartphone Operating System

Vendor

Huawei

Name

HarmonyOS

Version

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.huawei.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.5
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 5.7
CNA Vector (huawei): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Partially

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Timelineinfo

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

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: consumer.huawei.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-54618 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-54618
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-318989

Entryinfo

Created: 08/06/2025 08:27
Updated: 08/06/2025 13:41
Changes: 08/06/2025 08:27 (63), 08/06/2025 13:41 (1)
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