Security Advisory - Path Traversal Vulnerability in Some Huawei Products
- SA No:huawei-sa-20210630-01-pathtraversal
- Initial Release Date: Jun 30, 2021
- Last Release Date: Sep 22, 2021
There is a path traversal vulnerability in some Huawei products. The vulnerability is due to that the software uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the software does not properly validate the pathname. Successful exploit could allow the attacker to access a location that is outside of the restricted directory by a crafted filename. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2020-04159)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-22440.
Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link:
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20210630-01-pathtraversal-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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HUAWEI Mate 20 |
9.0.0.195(C01E195R2P1) |
11.0.0.130(C01E125R2P6) |
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9.1.0.139(C00E133R3P1) |
11.0.0.130(C00E125R3P6) |
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HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro |
9.0.0.187(C432E10R1P16) |
11.0.0.138(C432E4R1P4) |
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9.0.0.188(C185E10R2P1) |
11.0.0.138(C185E3R1P4) |
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9.0.0.245(C10E10R2P1) |
11.0.0.138(C10E3R2P4) |
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9.0.0.266(C432E10R1P16) |
11.0.0.138(C432E4R1P4) |
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9.0.0.267(C636E10R2P1) |
11.0.0.138(C636E3R2P4) |
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9.0.0.268(C635E12R1P16) |
11.0.0.141(C635E5R1P4) |
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9.0.0.278(C185E10R2P1) |
11.0.0.138(C185E3R2P4) |
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HUAWEI Mate 20 X |
9.1.0.135(C00E133R2P1) |
11.0.0.130(C00E125R2P6) |
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9.1.0.139(C01E133R2P1) |
11.0.0.130(C01E125R2P6) |
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Hima-L29C |
9.0.0.105(C10E9R1P16) |
HMA-L29 11.0.0.138(C10E2R2P3) |
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9.0.0.105(C185E9R1P16) |
HMA-L29 11.0.0.138(C185E2R2P3) |
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9.0.0.105(C636E9R1P16) |
HMA-L29 11.0.0.138(C636E2R2P3) |
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Laya-AL00EP |
9.1.0.139(C786E133R3P1) |
11.0.0.130(C786E125R3P6) |
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OxfordPL-AN00B |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.128(C00E128R2P1) |
10.1.0.128(C00E128R2P1) |
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OxfordS-AN00A |
10.1.0.223(C00E210R5P1) |
OXF-AN00 11.0.0.165(C00E165R5P5) |
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Tony-AL00B |
9.1.0.257(C00E222R2P1) |
11.0.0.130(C00E125R2P5) |
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Tony-TL00B |
9.1.0.259(C01E222R2P1) |
11.0.0.130(C01E125R2P5) |
Successful exploit could allow the attacker to access a location that is outside of the restricted directory by a crafted filename.
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 6.2 (AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L)
Temporal Score: 5.8 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
An attacker connect the smartphone through a USB cable.
Vulnerability details:
The vulnerability is due to that the software uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the software does not properly validate the pathname. Successful exploit could allow the attacker to access a location that is outside of the restricted directory by a crafted filename.
Customers should contact Huawei TAC (Huawei Technical Assistance Center) to request the upgrades. For TAC contact information, please refer to Huawei worldwide website at http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/report-vulnerabilities.
This vulnerability was disclosed by external researcher.
2021-09-22 V1.1 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;
2021-06-30 V1.0 INITIAL
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