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There is an improper authentication vulnerability in several smartphones. The system does not sufficiently validate certain parameter passed from the bottom level, the attacker should trick the user into installing a malicious application and control the bottom level, successful exploit could cause information disclosure. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2020-03126)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9259.
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-20200715-02-smartphone-en
Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
HONOR 20 PRO |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.231(C185E3R5P1) |
10.1.0.231(C185E3R5P1) |
Honor View 20 |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.212(C432E10R3P4) |
10.1.0.212(C432E10R3P4) |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.214(C10E5R4P3) |
10.1.0.214(C10E5R4P3) |
|
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.214(C185E3R3P3) |
10.1.0.214(C185E3R3P3) |
|
OxfordS-AN00A |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.212(C00E210R5P1) |
10.1.0.212(C00E210R5P1) |
Yale-AL50A |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.90(C00E90R8P1) |
10.1.0.90(C00E90R8P1) |
Successful exploit could cause information disclosure.
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 4.7 (AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Temporal Score: 4.4 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
The attacker should trick the user into installing a malicious application and control the bottom level.
Vulnerability details:
The system does not sufficiently validate certain parameter passed from the bottom level, the attacker should trick the user into installing a malicious application and control the bottom level, successful exploit could cause information disclosure.
The product that supports automatic update will receive a system update prompt. You can install the update to fix the vulnerability.
This vulnerability was reported to Huawei PSIRT by KEEN Lab. Huawei would like to thank KEEN Lab for working with us and coordinated vulnerability disclosure to protect our customers.
2020-08-26 V1.1 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;
2020-07-15 V1.0 INITIAL
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