CVE-2021-40003 Path traversal in HarmonyOS
A path traversal vulnerability in HwPCAssistant on HarmonyOS allows attackers to access sensitive data, compromising confidentiality.
- 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-2021-40003?
CVE-2021-40003 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Huawei Harmonyos, published on 7 Jan 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
HwPCAssistant has a path traversal vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect data confidentiality.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-40003?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Harmonyos.
How do I fix CVE-2021-40003?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-40003 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2021-40003 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-40003 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Harmonyos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rqf6-3f4h-5g6v.