CVE-2021-40003 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

HwPCAssistant has a path traversal vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect data confidentiality.

Published: 2022-01-07

Score: 5.3 Medium

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-2021-27193	HwPCAssistant has a path traversal vulnerability. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect data confidentiality.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00648.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://device.harmonyos.com/en/docs/security/update/security-bulletins-202112-0000001183296718

History

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Subscriptions

Huawei Harmonyos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: huawei

Published: 2022-01-07T22:39:28.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:20:34.191Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-40003

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-01-10T14:10:21.093

Modified: 2026-06-17T04:06:22.640

Link: CVE-2021-40003

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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