CVE-2021-22351 Privilege escalation in EMUI;Magic UI
Attackers can trick users into granting permissions to modify configuration tables, leading to privilege escalation and system exceptions on Huawei devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-22351?
CVE-2021-22351 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 30 Jun 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
There is a Credentials Management Errors Vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may induce users to grant permissions on modifying items in the configuration table,causing system exceptions.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-22351?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Magic Ui.
How do I fix CVE-2021-22351?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-22351 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2021-22351 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22351 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Emui
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hvjx-fghp-fwxj.