CVE-2021-39989 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The HwNearbyMain module has a Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause a process to restart.

Published: 2022-01-03

Score: 7.5 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2021-26345	The HwNearbyMain module has a Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause a process to restart.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00182.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://device.harmonyos.com/en/docs/security/update/security-bulletins-202111-0000001217889667

History

Thu, 22 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Huawei Harmonyos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: huawei

Published: 2022-01-03T21:07:38.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-22T18:46:14.388Z

Reserved: 2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-39989

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:20:34.308Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-01-03T22:15:10.980

Modified: 2025-05-22T19:15:26.967

Link: CVE-2021-39989

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-704

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