CVE-2022-44561 Missing authorization in EMUI

What is CVE-2022-44561?

CVE-2022-44561 is a high-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 preset launcher module has a permission verification vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability makes unauthorized apps add arbitrary widgets and shortcuts without interaction.

Weakness: CWE-276

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-44561?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Harmonyos.

How do I fix CVE-2022-44561?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-44561 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-2022-44561 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-44561 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
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Also known as GHSA-j6r3-f3gp-mvmr.