CVE-2022-37005 Command injection in EMUI

High 7.5 Published Updated

An argument injection vulnerability in the Settings application allows attackers to compromise data confidentiality on Huawei devices.

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-2022-37005?

CVE-2022-37005 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 9 Aug 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Settings application has an argument injection vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect data confidentiality.

Weakness: CWE-88

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-37005?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Harmonyos, Huawei Magic Ui.

How do I fix CVE-2022-37005?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-37005 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2022-37005 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-37005 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Emui vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-x982-v3wr-wrfq.

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