CVE-2024-21816
CVSS 3.1 Score 4.0 of 10 (medium)
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Summary
CVE-2024-21816, also known as CWE-281 (Improper Preservation of Permissions), is a vulnerability found in OpenHarmony v4.0.0 and earlier versions. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause an information leak due to the improper preservation of permissions. The base severity of this vulnerability is rated as MEDIUM with a base score of 4.0. Although the exploitability score is moderate at 2.5, the impact score is relatively low at 1.4, indicating a potential risk to the confidentiality of an organization's data. To remediate this vulnerability, it is recommended to update OpenHarmony to version 4.0.1 or a later version that addresses this issue.
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