CVE-2023-34167

Summary

CVE-2023-34167 is a newly discovered vulnerability affecting Huawei desktops. This issue allows an attacker to manipulate trustlists, resulting in third-party apps being able to conceal their icons on the desktop, making them impossible to uninstall without directly accessing the system settings. This deception technique can hinder regular software maintenance and potentially lead to security risks. Users are advised to update their Huawei desktop operating systems to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

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