CVE-2025-53169 (GCVE-0-2025-53169)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-07 01:57 – Updated: 2025-07-07 15:39
VLAI
Summary
Vulnerability of bypassing the process to start SA and use related functions on distributed cameras Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow the peer device to use the camera without user awareness.
Severity
7.6 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-07-07 15:39 UTC
CWE
  • Others
  • CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Huawei HarmonyOS Affected: 5.1.0
Affected: 5.0.1
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