What is CVE-2021-36991?

CVE-2021-36991 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-10-28.

How severe is CVE-2021-36991?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Huawei Emui

CVE-2021-36991

There is an Unauthorized file access vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone due to unstandardized path input.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability by creating malicious file paths can cause unauthorized file access.

EPSS: 0.007 (48.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Huawei Emui — versions 11.0.0, 10.1.1
Huawei Magic Ui — versions 4.0.0, 3.1.1
Huawei Magic_ui — versions 3.1.1, 4.0.0

References

psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-36991?: CVE-2021-36991 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-10-28.
How severe is CVE-2021-36991?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.