The Settings module has the file privilege escalation vulnerability.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect confidentialit…

published 2023-05-20 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-23921

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
public exploits: 0; none known

The Settings module has the file privilege escalation vulnerability.Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect confidentiality.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

huawei harmonyos 3.1.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 21 mo ago (2025-01-21)

Exploit prediction

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Huawei HarmonyOS
Huawei EMUI

Classification

Weakness

CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

consumer.huawei.com /en/support/bulletin/2023/4/
vendor-advisory
device.harmonyos.com /en/docs/security/update/security-bulletins-202304-0000001506528486
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-1693
NVD CVE-2023-1693

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Summary