CVE-2021-40045

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

There is a vulnerability of signature verification mechanism failure in system upgrade through recovery mode.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.

Se presenta una vulnerabilidad de fallo del mecanismo de verificación de firmas en la actualización del sistema mediante el modo de recuperación. Una explotación con éxito de esta vulnerabilidad puede afectar a la confidencialidad del servicio

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-08-23 CVE Reserved
2022-02-09 CVE Published
2023-09-02 EPSS Updated
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-347: Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2022/2	2022-02-16
https://device.harmonyos.com/en/docs/security/update/security-bulletins-202202-0000001204253396	2022-02-16

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Huawei Search vendor "Huawei"		Emui Search vendor "Huawei" for product "Emui"				11.0.0 Search vendor "Huawei" for product "Emui" and version "11.0.0"		-		Affected
Huawei Search vendor "Huawei"		Emui Search vendor "Huawei" for product "Emui"				11.0.1 Search vendor "Huawei" for product "Emui" and version "11.0.1"		-		Affected
Huawei Search vendor "Huawei"		Emui Search vendor "Huawei" for product "Emui"				12.0.0 Search vendor "Huawei" for product "Emui" and version "12.0.0"		-		Affected
Huawei Search vendor "Huawei"		Harmonyos Search vendor "Huawei" for product "Harmonyos"				< 2.0 Search vendor "Huawei" for product "Harmonyos" and version " < 2.0"		-		Affected
Huawei Search vendor "Huawei"		Magic Ui Search vendor "Huawei" for product "Magic Ui"				4.0.0 Search vendor "Huawei" for product "Magic Ui" and version "4.0.0"		-		Affected