CVE-2021-37134 Race condition in HarmonyOS

High 8.1 Published Updated

A race condition in HarmonyOS location APIs allows attackers to invoke components with higher permissions, leading to privilege escalation.

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-2021-37134?

CVE-2021-37134 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Harmonyos, published on 3 Jan 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Location-related APIs exists a Race Condition vulnerability.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may use Higher Permissions for invoking the interface of location-related components.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-37134?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei Harmonyos.

How do I fix CVE-2021-37134?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-37134 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2021-37134 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-37134 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Harmonyos vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mqpj-wxj3-33mr.

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