OpenharmonyOperating system · Openatom

CVE-2024-47137

HIGH · 7.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2024-11-05
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 4.1 or later.
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80/100
Remediation priority · High
Zero-click

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 · unedited
in OpenHarmony v4.1.0 and prior versions allow a local attacker cause the common permission is upgraded to root and sensitive information leak through out-of-bounds write.

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 confidence

An out-of-bounds write vulnerability in OpenHarmony v4.1.0 and prior versions allows a local attacker to escalate privileges from common user permission to root and leak sensitive information through improper memory access.

MitigationUpgrade OpenHarmony to a version beyond v4.1.0 that addresses this vulnerability; review the affected component for proper bounds checking and memory safety controls.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

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
OpenharmonyOperating system
Affected:>= 4.0, <= 4.1

CVSS 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
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify OpenHarmony version
    Run the command 'sw_version' or check '/etc/version' or '/system/version' to retrieve the installed OpenHarmony version number
    Affected if The version is between 4.0 and 4.1 inclusive (e.g., 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.1.0)
  2. Confirm OpenHarmony edition
    Verify the system is running Openatom OpenHarmony by checking 'cat /proc/version' or 'uname -a' for OpenHarmony-specific kernel strings
    Affected if The system kernel identifies as OpenHarmony and the version falls within the affected range
  3. Check for exposed local services
    Review running processes and listening services using 'ps -A' and 'netstat -tuln' or 'ss -tuln' to identify services that could be targeted for local privilege escalation
    Affected if User-accessible services or daemons are running that process user-provided data without proper privileges
  4. Assess user permissions
    Verify current user privileges using 'id' command and check if additional kernel capabilities are granted via 'cat /proc/self/status' | grep Cap
    Affected if The account used is a common user without root privileges and the system is running a vulnerable OpenHarmony version

If the system runs OpenHarmony versions 4.0 through 4.1 and allows local user access, it may be vulnerable to privilege escalation via the out-of-bounds write flaw.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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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 data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 4.1
Interim mitigation

Upgrade OpenHarmony to a version beyond v4.1.0 that addresses this vulnerability; review the affected component for proper bounds checking and memory safety controls.

Fix this in Openharmony Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing6.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
22.0 hours of engineering $3,860
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