CVE-2021-39970 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

HwPCAssistant has a Improper Input Validation vulnerability.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may create any file with the system app permission.

Published: 2022-01-03

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Huawei

HarmonyOS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:harmonyos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-26326	HwPCAssistant has a Improper Input Validation vulnerability.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may create any file with the system app permission.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00693.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://device.harmonyos.com/en/docs/security/update/security-bulletins-202110-0000001162998526

History

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Subscriptions

Huawei Harmonyos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: huawei

Published: 2022-01-03T21:07:20.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:20:34.138Z

Reserved: 2021-08-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-39970

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-01-03T22:15:10.140

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:04:29.317

Link: CVE-2021-39970

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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