CVE-2023-52108 Privilege escalation in EMUI

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can raise process priorities in ActivityManagerService, potentially causing denial of service and privilege escalation 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-2023-52108?

CVE-2023-52108 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 16 Jan 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability of process priorities being raised in the ActivityManagerService module. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will affect availability.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-52108?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Harmonyos.

How do I fix CVE-2023-52108?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-52108 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2023-52108 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52108 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Huawei Emui vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-cj4r-8g68-rx5f.

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