CVE-2022-48295
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe IHwAntiMalPlugin interface lacks permission verification. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to filling problems (batch installation of applications).
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe IHwAntiMalPlugin interface in Huawei device firmware lacks proper permission verification, allowing unauthenticated callers to invoke the batch application installation functionality without authorization. This authorization bypass in the anti-malware plugin component enables remote or local attackers to install applications without user consent or proper privilege checks.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 11.0.1= 12.0.0= 12.0.1= 2.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check device EMUI versionGo to Settings > About Phone > Version on the Huawei device and identify the EMUI version numberAffected if The installed EMUI version is 11.0.1, 12.0.0, or 12.0.1
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Check device HarmonyOS versionGo to Settings > About Phone > Version on the Huawei device and identify the HarmonyOS version numberAffected if The installed HarmonyOS version is 2.0
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Check security patch levelGo to Settings > About Phone > Version > Security patch level to see the date of the installed security updateAffected if The security patch level is earlier than the January 2023 security update or the patch level is unknown/not displayed
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Verify the IHwAntiMalwarePlugin componentThis requires access to the device firmware or system logs to identify if the IHwAntiMalwarePlugin interface is present and exposed. This is typically only verifiable through firmware analysis or vendor advisory confirmation.Affected if The device runs an affected EMUI/HarmonyOS version without the January 2023 security patch applied
The device is affected if it runs EMUI 11.0.1, 12.0.0, or 12.0.1, or HarmonyOS 2.0, and does not have the January 2023 security update installed.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the vendor-supplied security patch from Huawei/Honor (released in the January 2023 security update). This is a system-level vulnerability requiring firmware update rather than application-level remediation.
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- Implementation2.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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