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High
CVE-2021-22488
There is an Unauthorized file access vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone.Successful...
Vulnerability Description
There is an Unauthorized file access vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability by modifying soft links may tamper with the files restored from backups.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
Huawei
View all reports →Affected Software
EMUI, Magic UI
Vulnerable Versions:
11.0.0, 10.1.1, 4.0.0, 3.1.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 28th, 2021
Last Modified:
August 3rd, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.