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high 7.5

CVE-2021-36991 json

There is an Unauthorized file access vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone due to unstandardized path input.Successful exploitation of this vu…

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-23567

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

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Exploit prediction

0.70% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Huawei EMUI
  • Huawei Magic UI

References

Sources

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