Security Advisory - Improper Authentication Vulnerability in Several Smartphones
- SA No:huawei-sa-20200108-01-smartphone
- Initial Release Date: 2020-01-08
- Last Release Date: 2020-01-08
There is an improper authentication vulnerability in several smartphones. The software does not sufficiently validate the name of apk file in a special condition which could allow an attacker to forge a crafted application as a normal one. Successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass digital balance function. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2019-07118)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-1786.
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-20200108-01-smartphone-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro |
Versions earlier than 10.0.0.175(C00E69R3P8) |
10.0.0.175(C00E69R3P8) |
Successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass digital balance function.
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 4.6 (AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Temporal Score: 4.3 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
The attacker gets the phone.
Vulnerability details:
The software does not sufficiently validate the name of apk file in a special condition which could allow an attacker to forge a crafted application as a normal one. Successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass digital balance function.
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 an external security researcher. Huawei would like to thank the researcher for working with us and coordinated vulnerability disclosure to protect our customers.
2020-01-08 V1.0 INITIAL
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