CVE-2022-44553 Missing authorization in EMUI

What is CVE-2022-44553?

CVE-2022-44553 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 9 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The HiView module has a vulnerability of not filtering third-party apps out when the HiView module traverses to invoke the system provider. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause third-party apps to start periodically.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-44553?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Harmonyos.

How do I fix CVE-2022-44553?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-44553 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-2022-44553 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-44553 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Emui

• CVE-2023-52370 Memory corruption in EMUI Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-52378 Business logic in EMUI Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-52381 Code injection in EMUI Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-52103 Memory corruption in EMUI Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-46773 Privilege escalation in EMUI Critical 9.8

All Huawei Emui vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-6569-xvvw-c52h.