CVE-2023-7271 Privilege escalation in EMUI
Attackers can escalate privileges in the NMS module, impacting system availability on Huawei EMUI and HarmonyOS devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-7271?
CVE-2023-7271 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 25 Jul 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Privilege escalation vulnerability in the NMS module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will affect availability.
Weakness: CWE-840
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-7271?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Harmonyos.
How do I fix CVE-2023-7271?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-7271 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-7271 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-7271 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Emui
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gjgq-589q-fh55.