High severity · published Aug 10, 2021
CVE-2021-22385
A component of the Huawei smartphone has a External Control of System or Configuration Setting vulnerability
7.8
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A component of the Huawei smartphone has a External Control of System or Configuration Setting vulnerability. Local attackers may exploit this vulnerability to cause Kernel Code Execution.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 9% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EM
Emui · Huawei
10.1.0; 10.1.1; 11.0.0 · source: NVD
MU
Magic UI · Huawei
3.1.0; 3.1.1; 4.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22385
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-22385
Vendor Advisory
https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2021/6/
Broken Link
https://device.harmonyos.com/cn/docs/security/update/oem_security_update_phone_202106-0000001165452077
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