CVE-2023-52972

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—Trending — 3 sources updated this week

5.5

Huawei PCs have a vulnerability that allows low-privilege users to bypass SDDL permission checks . Successful exploitation this vulnerability could lead to termination of some system processes.

CVSS v3: 5.5
EG Score: 5.5(medium)
EPSS: 0.3%
KEV: Not listed

Published

March 26, 2025

Last Modified

March 5, 2026

References (1)

psirt@huaweihttps://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/2025/huawei-sa-20250325-01-pc-en

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

CWE-284Improper Access Control

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 12× in last 30d)

Every time one of our enrichment pipelines (NVD, MITRE cvelistV5, EPSS, CISA KEV, GHSA, OSV, vendor advisories) ran against this CVE. Most recent first.

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2026-05-30 08:52 UTCEG score recompute
2026-05-30 08:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
2026-05-29 13:43 UTCepss_batch

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2023-52972?

CVE-2023-52972 is a medium vulnerability published on March 26, 2025. Huawei PCs have a vulnerability that allows low-privilege users to bypass SDDL permission checks . Successful exploitation this vulnerability could lead to termination of some system processes.

When was CVE-2023-52972 disclosed?

CVE-2023-52972 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 26, 2025, with the most recent update on March 5, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2023-52972 actively exploited?

CVE-2023-52972 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2023-52972?

CVE-2023-52972 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).

How do I remediate CVE-2023-52972?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2023-52972, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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