CVE-2024-21816
Background task manager has an improper preservation of permissions vulnerability
in OpenHarmony v4.0.0 and prior versions allow a local attacker cause information leak through improper preservation of permissions.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Background task manager has an improper preservation of permissions vulnerability
in OpenHarmony v4.0.0 and prior versions allow a local attacker cause information leak through improper preservation of permissions.
- Record
CVE-2024-21816- CVSS 3.1
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-281
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-19428
in OpenHarmony v4.0.0 and prior versions allow a local attacker cause information leak through improper preservation of permissions.
- Record
EUVD-2024-19428- CVSS 3.1
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hxq4-v53v-rh4h
in OpenHarmony v4.0.0 and prior versions allow a local attacker cause information leak through...
in OpenHarmony v4.0.0 and prior versions allow a local attacker cause information leak through improper preservation of permissions.
- Record
GHSA-hxq4-v53v-rh4h- CVSS 3.1
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-281
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
in OpenHarmony v4.0.0 and prior versions allow a local attacker cause information leak through improper preservation of permissions.
- Record
CVE-2024-21816- CVSS 3.1
- 4.0 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-281
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-21816 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.0) in Openatom Openharmony, published March 4, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.14%, the 3rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.