CVE-2023-46763 Privilege escalation in EMUI
Attackers can maliciously start background apps due to flawed permission management in Huawei EMUI and HarmonyOS, potentially escalating privileges.
- 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-2023-46763?
CVE-2023-46763 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 8 Nov 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Vulnerability of background app permission management in the framework module. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause background apps to start maliciously.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-46763?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Harmonyos.
How do I fix CVE-2023-46763?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-46763 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-46763 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-46763 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Emui
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jvfm-76h2-rwxq.