What is CVE-2021-37040?

CVE-2021-37040 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-12-08.

How severe is CVE-2021-37040?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Huawei Emui

CVE-2021-37040

There is a Parameter injection vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may cause privilege escalation of files after CIFS share mounting.

EPSS: 0.008 (50.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Huawei Emui — versions 11.0.0
Huawei Harmonyos — versions 2.0
Huawei Magic Ui — versions 4.0.0
Huawei Magic_ui — versions 4.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-88 — Argument Injection

References

psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-37040?: CVE-2021-37040 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emui, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-12-08.
How severe is CVE-2021-37040?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.