01 Record
CVE-2022-42488
Startup subsystem missed permission validation in param service. An malicious application installed on the device could elevate its privileges to the root user, disable security features, or cause DoS by disabling particular services.
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: OpenHarmony
CNA base score8.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Startup subsystem missed permission validation in param service. An malicious application installed on the device could elevate its privileges to the root user, disable security features, or cause DoS by disabling particular services.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 8.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2022-10-14 14:40Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-05-14 15:16Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2022-10-08
- Assigning CNA
- OpenHarmony
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- cd3bdbd9aa30f114d3220ee36bd97b5166c40db49af77be7dcaddd803b07e0dd
05 Affected products
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