CVE-2024-21816 Background task manager has an improper preservation of permissions vulnerability
A local attacker can leak information due to improper permission preservation in the background task manager of OpenHarmony.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-21816?
CVE-2024-21816 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openatom Openharmony, published on 4 Mar 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
in OpenHarmony v4.0.0 and prior versions allow a local attacker cause information leak through improper preservation of permissions.
Weakness: CWE-281
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-21816?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Openatom Openharmony.
How do I fix CVE-2024-21816?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-21816 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-21816 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21816 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2024-47398 Liteos_a has an out-of-bounds write vulnerability
- CVE-2024-10074 Liteos_a has an use after free vulnerability
- CVE-2024-41157 Liteos-A has an use after free vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hxq4-v53v-rh4h.