Critical severity · published Oct 28, 2021
CVE-2021-36986
There is a vulnerability of tampering with the kernel in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may escalate permissions
9.8
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
There is a vulnerability of tampering with the kernel in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may escalate permissions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 55% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EM
Emui · Huawei
10.1.1; 11.0.0 · source: NVD
MU
Magic UI · Huawei
3.1.1; 4.0.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-36986
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-36986
Vendor Advisory
https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2021/7/
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