CVE-2021-22420

HIGH

HarmonyOS - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

A component of the HarmonyOS has a External Control of System or Configuration Setting vulnerability. Local attackers may exploit this vulnerability to cause the underlying trust of the application trustlist mechanism is missing..

References (1)

[Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory] https://device.harmonyos.com/cn/docs/security/update/oem_security_update_phone_202106-0000001165452077

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0002

EPSS Percentile 4.5%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE

CWE-668

Status published

Affected Products (1)

huawei/harmonyos

Timeline

Published Aug 03, 2021

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026