Security Advisory - Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Some Huawei Mobile Phones
- SA No:huawei-sa-20180720-01-mobile
- Initial Release Date: 2018-07-20
- Last Release Date: 2020-07-29
There is an authentication bypass vulnerability in some Huawei mobile phones. An attacker could trick the user to connect to a malicious device. In the debug mode, the malicious software in the device may exploit the vulnerability to bypass some specific function. Successful exploit may cause some malicious applications to be installed in the mobile phones. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2018-05087)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-7947.
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-20180720-01-mobile-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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Anne-AL00 |
Versions earlier than 9.1.0.122(C00E120R1P7T8) |
9.1.0.122(C00E120R1P7T8) |
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Atomu-AL00B |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.213(C00) |
8.0.0.213(C00) |
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Atomu-L03 |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.159(C605CUSTC605D1) |
8.0.0.159(C605CUSTC605D1) |
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Atomu-L11 |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.149(C782CUSTC782D1) |
8.0.0.149(C782CUSTC782D1) |
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Atomu-L21 |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.153(C432CUSTC432D1) |
8.0.0.153(C432CUSTC432D1) |
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Atomu-L23 |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.162(C605CUSTC605D1) |
8.0.0.162(C605CUSTC605D1) |
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Atomu-L29A |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.149(C432CUSTC432D1) |
8.0.0.149(C432CUSTC432D1) |
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Versions earlier than 8.0.0.149(C461CUSTC461D1) |
8.0.0.149(C461CUSTC461D1) |
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Versions earlier than 8.0.0.150(C185CUSTC185D1) |
8.0.0.150(C185CUSTC185D1) |
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Versions earlier than 8.0.0.165(C636CUSTC636D1) |
8.0.0.165(C636CUSTC636D1) |
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Atomu-L41 |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.151(C461CUSTC461D1) |
8.0.0.151(C461CUSTC461D1) |
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Atomu-L42 |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.153(C636CUSTC636D1) |
8.0.0.153(C636CUSTC636D1) |
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Berkeley-TL10 |
Versions earlier than 9.0.0.181(C01E181R1P14T8) |
9.0.0.181(C01E181R1P14T8) |
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Delhi-L42 |
Versions earlier than Delhi-L42C185B123 |
Delhi-L42C185B123 |
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Versions earlier than Delhi-L42C432B136 |
Delhi-L42C432B136 |
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Duke-L09 |
Duke-L09C10B187 |
DUK-L09 8.0.0.370(C10) |
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Duke-L09C432B189 |
DUK-L09 8.0.0.375(C432) |
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Duke-L09C636B189 |
DUK-L09 8.0.0.369(C636) |
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Figo-AL00A |
8.0.0.173(C00) |
Figo-AL10B 9.1.0.107(C00E107R2P8T8) |
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Figo-L03 |
8.0.0.137(C605) |
Figo-L23 9.1.0.130(C605E6R1P5T8) |
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Figo-L11 |
8.0.0.135(C432) |
Figo-L31 9.1.0.130(C432E8R1P5T8) |
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Versions earlier than 9.1.0.122(C782E7R1P5T8) |
9.1.0.122(C782E7R1P5T8) |
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Figo-L21 |
8.0.0.135(C185) |
Figo-L22 9.1.0.130(ZAFC185E6R1P5T8) |
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Versions earlier than 9.1.0.130(C635E6R1P5T8) |
9.1.0.130(C635E6R1P5T8) |
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Figo-L23 |
Versions earlier than 9.1.0.130(C605E6R1P5T8) |
9.1.0.130(C605E6R1P5T8) |
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Figo-L31 |
Versions earlier than 9.1.0.122(C09E7R1P5T8) |
9.1.0.122(C09E7R1P5T8) |
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Versions earlier than 9.1.0.122(C33E8R1P5T8) |
9.1.0.122(C33E8R1P5T8) |
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Versions earlier than 9.1.0.122(C530E8R1P5T8) |
9.1.0.122(C530E8R1P5T8) |
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Versions earlier than 9.1.0.130(C10E8R1P5T8) |
9.1.0.130(C10E8R1P5T8) |
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Versions earlier than 9.1.0.130(C432E8R1P5T8) |
9.1.0.130(C432E8R1P5T8) |
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Figo-TL00A |
8.0.0.173(C01) |
Figo-TL10B 9.1.0.107(C01E107R2P8T8) |
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Florida-AL00A |
8.0.0.120(C00) |
Florida-AL10B 9.1.0.121(C00E111R1P6T8) |
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Florida-AL10B |
Versions earlier than 9.1.0.121(C00E111R1P6T8) |
9.1.0.121(C00E111R1P6T8) |
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Florida-L03 |
8.0.0.126(C605) |
Florida-L23 9.1.0.121(C605E5R1P1T8) |
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Florida-L21 |
8.0.0.128(C605) |
Florida-L23 9.1.0.121(C605E5R1P1T8) |
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Versions earlier than 9.1.0.115(C432E5R1P1T8) |
9.1.0.115(C432E5R1P1T8) |
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Versions earlier than 9.1.0.120(C185E5R1P4T8) |
9.1.0.120(C185E5R1P4T8) |
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Florida-L22 |
Versions earlier than 9.1.0.120(C636E5R1P1T8) |
9.1.0.120(C636E5R1P1T8) |
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Florida-L23 |
Versions earlier than 9.1.0.121(C605E5R1P1T8) |
9.1.0.121(C605E5R1P1T8) |
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Florida-TL00A |
8.0.0.120(C01) |
Florida-TL10B 9.1.0.121(C01E111R1P6T8) |
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Florida-TL10B |
Versions earlier than 9.1.0.121(C01E111R1P6T8) |
9.1.0.121(C01E111R1P6T8) |
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HUAWEI P smart,HUAWEI nova lite 2 |
8.0.0.123(C794) |
9.1.0.124(C636E6R1P5T8) |
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HUAWEI P20 |
Versions earlier than 8.1.0.153(C00) |
8.1.0.153(C00) |
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HUAWEI Y6 Prime 2018 |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.151(C461CUSTC461D1) |
8.0.0.151(C461CUSTC461D1) |
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HUAWEI nova 2s |
Versions earlier than 9.0.1.150(C01E62R1P7T8) |
9.0.1.150(C01E62R1P7T8) |
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Jimmy-AL00A |
Versions earlier than Jimmy-AL00AC00B172 |
Jimmy-AL00AC00B172 |
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Jimmy-L22HN |
Versions earlier than Jimmy-L22HNC432B136 |
Jimmy-L22HNC432B136 |
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Jimmy-TL00A |
Versions earlier than Jimmy-TL00AC01B172 |
Jimmy-TL00AC01B172 |
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LON-L29D |
LON-L29DC721B192 |
9.0.1.178(C721E8R1P5T8) |
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Leland-AL00A |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.183(C00) |
8.0.0.183(C00) |
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Leland-L21A |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.132(C636) |
8.0.0.132(C636) |
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Versions earlier than 8.0.0.135(C185) |
8.0.0.135(C185) |
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Leland-L22A |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.202(C675CUSTC675D2) |
8.0.0.202(C675CUSTC675D2) |
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Leland-L22C |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.202(C675CUSTC675D2) |
8.0.0.202(C675CUSTC675D2) |
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Leland-L31A |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.139(C432) |
8.0.0.139(C432) |
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Leland-L42A |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.194(C675CUSTC675D2) |
8.0.0.194(C675CUSTC675D2) |
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Leland-L42C |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.194(C675CUSTC675D2) |
8.0.0.194(C675CUSTC675D2) |
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Leland-TL10B |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.183(C01) |
8.0.0.183(C01) |
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LelandP-AL00C |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.132(C00) |
8.0.0.132(C00) |
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LelandP-L22C |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.130(C675CUSTC675D1) |
8.0.0.130(C675CUSTC675D1) |
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LelandP-L22D |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.130(C675CUSTC675D1) |
8.0.0.130(C675CUSTC675D1) |
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London-AL00B |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.221(C00) |
8.0.0.221(C00) |
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London-AL30A |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.221(C00) |
8.0.0.221(C00) |
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London-AL30I |
8.0.0.150(C675CUSTC675D1) |
London-AL30IND 8.0.0.158(C675CUSTC675D1) |
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London-L22 |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.147(C636CUSTC636D1) |
8.0.0.147(C636CUSTC636D1) |
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London-L29 |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.134(C461CUSTC461D1) |
8.0.0.134(C461CUSTC461D1) |
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Versions earlier than 8.0.0.137(C432CUSTC432D1) |
8.0.0.137(C432CUSTC432D1) |
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Versions earlier than 8.0.0.143(C185CUSTC185D1) |
8.0.0.143(C185CUSTC185D1) |
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Versions earlier than 8.0.0.145(C636CUSTC636D1) |
8.0.0.145(C636CUSTC636D1) |
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Stanford-AL00 |
Stanford-AL00C00B123 |
STF-AL10 8.0.0.355(C00GT) |
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Toronto-L21A |
Versions earlier than Toronto-L21AC185B181CUSTC185D001 |
Toronto-L21AC185B181CUSTC185D001 |
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Versions earlier than Toronto-L21AC636B169CUSTC636D001 |
Toronto-L21AC636B169CUSTC636D001 |
Successful exploit may cause some malicious applications to be installed in the mobile phones.
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 3.9 (AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
Temporal Score: 3.6 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
The debug mode is activated in the mobile phone.
Vulnerability details:
An attacker could trick the user to connect to a malicious device. In the debug mode, the malicious software in the device may exploit the vulnerability to bypass some specific function. Successful exploit may cause some malicious applications to be installed in the mobile phones.
The product that supports automatic update will receive a system update prompt. You can install the update to fix the vulnerability.
This vulnerability was discovered by Huawei internal tester.
2020-07-29 V1.2 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;
2020-01-02 V1.1 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;
2018-07-20 V1.0 INITIAL
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