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Huawei HarmonyOS CVE-2025-58282

MEDIUM
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CWE-264)
2025-10-11 psirt@huawei.com
5.5
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Install low-privilege app on device
  2. Exploit
    Invoke camera module interface
  3. Execution
    Bypass permission control check
  4. Impact
    Read unauthorized confidential data

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Permission and access control
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

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Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires local access to a HarmonyOS 5.0.1 or 5.1.0 device with at least low-level privileges already obtained - in practice, a malicious or compromised application running on the device that then abuses the camera module's permission-control flaw to reach camera data/services beyond its authorization. Limiting factors: the attacker cannot exploit this remotely or over a network (AV:L), must already hold some foothold/privilege on the device (PR:L), and gains only confidentiality disclosure with no integrity or availability impact (I:N/A:N) and no privilege scope expansion (S:U). The exact camera feature or configuration involved is not specified in the vendor description, so no non-default setting is known to be required.

Impact

This is a moderate-severity information-disclosure flaw (CVSS 5.5) in the HarmonyOS camera module, and the available signals consistently point to LOW real-world urgency rather than a top priority. The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N shows exploitation requires LOCAL access (AV:L) and existing low privileges (PR:L) - i.e. an attacker must already be able to run code/an app on the device - and yields only confidentiality impact (C:H, I:N, A:N) with no scope change. EPSS is very low at 0.09% (0th percentile), the CVE is NOT on CISA KEV, and no public exploit code was identified, so all three exploitation signals agree: no evidence of active or imminent exploitation. There are no conflicting signals here - the local+low-privilege vector, negligible EPSS, and absence of KEV/POC align to indicate a bounded, locally-exploitable privacy issue most relevant in multi-app or malicious-app threat models rather than remote mass exploitation. The description is terse ('may affect service confidentiality') and provides no specific feature detail, which is the main data gap; vector-to-description consistency is reasonable (local permission-control flaw matches AV:L/PR:L).

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A malicious or low-privileged application already installed on a HarmonyOS 5.0.1 or 5.1.0 device abuses a permission-control weakness in the camera module to access camera-related data or services it should not be authorized to reach, disclosing confidential information to the attacker-controlled app. No user interaction is required (UI:N), but the attacker must already have local low-privilege execution on the device. No public proof-of-concept exploit was identified at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.1% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 08, 2026

Local information disclosure in Huawei HarmonyOS 5.0.1 and 5.1.0 allows an application that already holds low-level privileges on the device to reach camera data or camera-module services beyond its authorization, because the camera module's permission control is improperly enforced. Successful exploitation affects confidentiality only (CVSS 5.5, AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N, C:H/I:N/A:N) with no integrity or availability impact and no expansion of privilege scope. No public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation has been identified, and the EPSS score is 0.09% (0th percentile), so real-world urgency is low.

RemediationAI

Apply the HarmonyOS security update described in Huawei's October 2025 consumer bulletin (https://consumer.huawei.com/en/support/bulletin/2025/10/); patch availability per vendor advisory is indicated, but the exact fixed build or version number is not stated in the supplied data and should be confirmed against the bulletin or via Settings > System & updates on the device. Because there is no remote attack path, compensating controls focus on reducing the chance that a malicious or compromised app ever runs with local privileges: restrict installation to Huawei AppGallery or otherwise verified sources and avoid sideloaded APKs, which will block users who depend on third-party or enterprise-sideloaded software; audit and revoke camera permission for untrusted applications under Settings > Privacy > Permission manager > Camera, accepting that this disables legitimate camera use for those apps; remove or isolate untrusted apps inside a work profile, private space, or managed container so they cannot reach consumer-profile camera services, at the cost of added management overhead; and, in enterprise fleets, use MDM allow-listing of applications and HarmonyOS device-management policy to constrain which apps can run, which reduces flexibility for users who need unapproved tools. None of these controls substitute for the vendor update, and none mitigates an attacker who has already achieved code execution and legitimate low privileges on the device.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The flaw is rooted in CWE-264 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls), a deprecated category now best mapped to CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) and CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization). HarmonyOS exposes camera functionality through system camera frameworks and services that applications normally reach only after the user grants the camera permission and after the module validates the caller's authorization. In this case the camera module's internal permission control is deficient, so a caller with low privileges (PR:L) can access camera-related resources it should not be able to read. The local attack vector (AV:L) and low attack complexity (AC:L) mean the adversary must already be executing code on the handset - typically a malicious or compromised app - and no user interaction is needed (UI:N) once that foothold exists. The scope is unchanged (S:U), so the bypass does not escalate the app into a higher-privilege context; it yields only confidentiality disclosure (C:H) with no write or denial-of-service capability. The exact camera feature, API, or configuration affected is not detailed in the vendor bulletin, and no non-default setting has been identified as a prerequisite.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.5 MEDIUM

Camera permission-control bypass is reachable only by a local low-privileged app (AV:L/PR:L), needs no user interaction, and discloses confidential data only (C:H, I:N, A:N).

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

DescriptionNVD

Permission control vulnerability in the camera module. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect service confidentiality.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 100% exploitable
Prevalence
High
HarmonyOS ships on very large Huawei consumer device install base
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.1%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Defer
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Small
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

28
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +28
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.

Affected Products (CPE)NVD

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