CVE-2023-44106 Privilege escalation in EMUI

Critical 9.8 Published Updated

Attackers can exploit API permission flaws in the Fwk-Display module to escalate privileges and cause abnormal feature behavior 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-2023-44106?

CVE-2023-44106 is a critical vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 11 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

API permission management vulnerability in the Fwk-Display module.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause features to perform abnormally.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-44106?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Harmonyos.

How do I fix CVE-2023-44106?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-44106 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-44106 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-44106 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Emui vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-76fp-52wr-gx66.

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