CVE-2021-36991

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 28, 2021 at 12:26 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:59 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorEMUIMagic UI

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.7%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (1)

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-noinfo

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