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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-36991

There is an Unauthorized file access vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone due to unstandardized path input.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability by creating malicious file paths can cause unauthorized file access.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.69%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.69%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

There is an Unauthorized file access vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone due to unstandardized path input.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability by creating malicious file paths can cause unauthorized file access.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
0.69% probability · 51th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
huawei/emui · huawei/magic ui
Source
psirt@huawei.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.