Security Advisory - Path Traversal Vulnerability in Several Smartphones
- SA No:huawei-sa-20200715-07-smartphone
- Initial Release Date: Jul 15, 2020
- Last Release Date: Aug 26, 2020
There is a path traversal vulnerability in several smartphones. The system does not sufficiently validate certain pathname from certain process, successful exploit could allow the attacker write files to a crafted path. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2019-10116)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9252
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-20200715-07-smartphone-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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HUAWEI Mate 20 |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R3P8) |
10.1.0.160(C00E160R3P8) |
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HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.277(C605E7R1P5) |
10.1.0.277(C605E7R1P5) |
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HUAWEI Mate 20 X |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.135(C00E135R2P8) |
10.1.0.135(C00E135R2P8) |
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Laya-AL00EP |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C786E160R3P8) |
10.1.0.160(C786E160R3P8) |
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Tony-AL00B |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P11) |
10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P11) |
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Tony-TL00B |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C01E160R2P11) |
10.1.0.160(C01E160R2P11) |
Successful exploit could allow the attacker write files to a crafted path.
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 2.3 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
Temporal Score: 2.2 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
The attacker should gain a high privilege of the phone.
Vulnerability details:
The system does not sufficiently validate certain pathname from certain process, successful exploit could allow the attacker write files to a crafted path.
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 360. Huawei would like to thank 360 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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