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High
CVE-2021-22420
A component of the HarmonyOS has a External Control of...
Vulnerability 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..
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Affected Vendor
Huawei
View all reports →Affected Software
HarmonyOS
Vulnerable Versions:
2.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 3rd, 2021
Last Modified:
August 3rd, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.