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CVE-2023-52099 (GCVE-0-2023-52099)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-16 09:13 – Updated: 2025-06-17 15:18
VLAI
Summary
Vulnerability of foreground service restrictions being bypassed in the NMS module. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-11-13 20:18 UTC
CWE
  • Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Huawei HarmonyOS Affected: 4.0.0
Affected: 3.1.0
Affected: 3.0.0
Affected: 2.1.0
Affected: 2.0.0
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Huawei EMUI Affected: 13.0.0
Affected: 12.0.0
Affected: 11.0.1
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