Unauthenticated file disclosure via undisclosed Messaging flaw
Published Mar 27, 2023 · Updated Feb 24, 2025
Unauthorized file access in Huawei Messaging on HarmonyOS 3.0.0 and EMUI 13.0.0 allows remote attackers to read files over a network. Huawei identifies the Messaging app as the affected locus but has not published the request path, authorization decision, or file-selection operation. No privileges or user interaction are required; the documented consequence is limited to disclosure of file contents.
Summary
What happened
Unauthorized file access in Huawei Messaging on HarmonyOS 3.0.0 and EMUI 13.0.0 allows remote attackers to read files over a network. Huawei identifies the Messaging app as the affected locus but has not published the request path, authorization decision, or file-selection operation. No privileges or user interaction are required; the documented consequence is limited to disclosure of file contents.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-48350
- Published
- Mar 27, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 24, 2025
- Vendor
- MindSpore
- Product
- HarmonyOS
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1533
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 27, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 24, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=3.0.0
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