CVE-2023-34159

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Published Jun 19, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 9.8 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Improper permission control vulnerability in the Notepad app.Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may lead to privilege escalation, which affects availability and confidentiality.

Affected Products

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
`3.1.0`	affected	—
`unspecified`	affected	—

Huawei

EMUI

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:huawei:emui:13.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-38259	Improper permission control vulnerability in the Notepad app.Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may lead to privilege escalation, which affects availability and confidentiality.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.473% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2023/6/

History

Dec 11, 2024 6:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Huawei Emui

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Dec 11, 2024, 5:45 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: huawei
Published: Jun 19, 2023, 12:00 AM
Updated: Dec 11, 2024, 5:45 PM
Reserved: May 29, 2023, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 4:01 PM

Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 4:01 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 6:03 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Jun 19, 2023, 5:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 6:03 AM

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