CVE-2023-52716 Privilege escalation in EMUI
Attackers can exploit ActivityManagerService to start background activities, potentially escalating privileges and affecting system availability.
- 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-2023-52716?
CVE-2023-52716 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 7 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Vulnerability of starting activities in the background in the ActivityManagerService (AMS) module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will affect availability.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-52716?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Harmonyos.
How do I fix CVE-2023-52716?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-52716 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-52716 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-52716 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Emui
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w7w7-xr2r-4x55.