CVE-2022-44548 Missing authorization in EMUI

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass Bluetooth pairing confirmation dialogs due to flawed permission verification in Huawei mobile operating systems.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-44548?

CVE-2022-44548 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 9 Nov 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

There is a vulnerability in permission verification during the Bluetooth pairing process. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause the dialog box for confirming the pairing not to be displayed during Bluetooth pairing.

Weakness: CWE-276

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-44548?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Harmonyos.

How do I fix CVE-2022-44548?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-44548 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.

Is CVE-2022-44548 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-44548 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Emui vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6xvj-x5f6-3fg6.

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