Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-37030

High

Published: 02 July 2024

Published
02 July 2024
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0209 84.4th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-37030 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Openatom Openharmony. Its CVSS base score is 8.2 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 15.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

in OpenHarmony v4.0.0 and prior versions allow a remote attacker arbitrary code execution in pre-installed apps through use after free.

CWE(s)
CWE-416

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
attack.mitre.org →
T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
attack.mitre.org →
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
attack.mitre.org →
Why these techniques?

Use-after-free in OpenHarmony ArkCompiler ETS allows remote arbitrary code execution in arbitrary/pre-installed apps, enabling exploitation of public-facing applications/remote services for initial access and privilege escalation via higher-privileged app contexts.

Affected Assets

openatom
openharmony
≤ 4.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

References