CVE-2024-51521 Privilege escalation in HarmonyOS
Attackers can exploit input verification flaws in the background service to escalate privileges and impact system availability.
- 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-2024-51521?
CVE-2024-51521 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Harmonyos, published on 5 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Input parameter verification vulnerability in the background service module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-51521?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Harmonyos.
How do I fix CVE-2024-51521?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-51521 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-51521 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-51521 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Harmonyos
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6gjh-qqgg-32fj.