CVE-2021-22420 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A component of the HarmonyOS has a External Control of System or Configuration Setting vulnerability. Local attackers may exploit this vulnerability to cause the underlying trust of the application trustlist mechanism is missing..

Published: 2021-08-03

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Huawei

HarmonyOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-9566	A component of the HarmonyOS has a External Control of System or Configuration Setting vulnerability. Local attackers may exploit this vulnerability to cause the underlying trust of the application trustlist mechanism is missing..

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00019.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://device.harmonyos.com/cn/docs/security/update/oem_security_update_phone_202106-0000001165452077

History

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Subscriptions

Huawei Harmonyos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: huawei

Published: 2021-08-03T17:21:45.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T18:44:12.299Z

Reserved: 2021-01-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-22420

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-03T18:15:08.127

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:50:05.573

Link: CVE-2021-22420

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-668

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