Huawei EMUI privilege escalation | CVE-2022-38999
NAME
Huawei EMUI privilege escalation
- Platforms Affected:
Huawei EMUI 12.0.0 - Risk Level:
9.8 - Exploitability:
Unproven - Consequences:
Gain Privileges
DESCRIPTION
Huawei EMUI could allow a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the system, caused by improper update of reference count flaw in the AOD module. By sending a specially-crafted request, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges.
CVSS 3.0 Information
- Privileges Required: None
- User Interaction: None
- Scope: Unchanged
- Access Vector: Network
- Access Complexity: Low
- Confidentiality Impact: High
- Integrity Impact: High
- Availability Impact: High
- Remediation Level: Official Fix
MITIGATION
Refer to Huawei Web site for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
- Reference Link:
https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2022/9/ - Reference Link:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-38999
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