CVE-2024-56449 Privilege escalation in EMUI
Attackers can escalate privileges in the Account module of Huawei EMUI and HarmonyOS, potentially compromising service confidentiality.
- 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-2024-56449?
CVE-2024-56449 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui, published on 8 Jan 2025. 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 Account module Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.
Weakness: CWE-840
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56449?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Huawei Emui, Huawei Harmonyos.
How do I fix CVE-2024-56449?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-56449 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-56449 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56449 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Emui
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3vvw-qcwc-c3gc.