CVE-2021-22369 Race condition in EMUI;Magic UI

High 8.1 Published Updated

A race condition in Huawei smartphones allows attackers to escalate privileges to root, requiring vendor patches for mitigation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2021-22369?

CVE-2021-22369 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 30 Jun 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

There is a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition Vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone. Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may escalate the permission to that of the root user.

Weakness: CWE-367

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-22369?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Magic Ui.

How do I fix CVE-2021-22369?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-22369 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-22369 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-22369 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Emui vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-j3vp-x446-7989.

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