Security Advisory - Improper Authentication Vulnerability in Several Smartphones
- SA No:huawei-sa-20200318-02-smartphone
- Initial Release Date: 2020-03-18
- Last Release Date: 2020-08-26
There is an improper authentication vulnerability in several smartphones. The applock does not perform a sufficient authentication in certain scenarios, successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain certain data of the application which is locked. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2019-12128 and HWPSIRT-2019-12129)
The two vulnerabilities have been assigned two Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) IDs: CVE-2020-1793 and CVE-2020-1794.
Huawei has released software updates to fix these vulnerabilities. This advisory is available at the following link:
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200318-02-smartphone-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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HUAWEI Mate 20 |
Versions earlier than 10.0.0.188(C00E74R3P8) |
10.0.0.188(C00E74R3P8) |
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Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R3P8) |
10.1.0.160(C00E160R3P8) |
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Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C01E160R2P8) |
10.1.0.160(C01E160R2P8) |
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HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.270(C431E7R1P5) |
10.1.0.270(C431E7R1P5) |
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Versions earlier than 10.1.0.270(C432E7R1P5) |
10.1.0.270(C432E7R1P5) |
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Versions earlier than 10.1.0.270(C635E3R1P5) |
10.1.0.270(C635E3R1P5) |
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Versions earlier than 10.1.0.273(C185E7R2P4) |
10.1.0.273(C185E7R2P4) |
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Versions earlier than 10.1.0.273(C636E7R2P4) |
10.1.0.273(C636E7R2P4) |
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Versions earlier than 10.1.0.277(C10E7R2P4) |
10.1.0.277(C10E7R2P4) |
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Versions earlier than 10.1.0.277(C461E7R1P5) |
10.1.0.277(C461E7R1P5) |
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Versions earlier than 10.1.0.277(C605E7R1P5) |
10.1.0.277(C605E7R1P5) |
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HUAWEI Mate 20 X |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P8) |
10.1.0.160(C00E160R2P8) |
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Laya-AL00EP |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.160(C786E160R3P8) |
10.1.0.160(C786E160R3P8) |
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Lion-AL00C |
Versions earlier than 10.0.0.203(C00E202R7P2) |
10.0.0.203(C00E202R7P2) |
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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) |
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
HWPSIRT-2019-12128 and HWPSIRT-2019-12129:
Base Score: 3.5 (AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)
Temporal Score: 3.3 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
HWPSIRT-2019-12128 and HWPSIRT-2019-12129:
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
The attacker gets the smartphone.
Vulnerability details:
The applock does not perform a sufficient authentication in certain scenarios, successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain certain data of the application which is locked.
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 him 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;
2020-03-18 V1.0 INITIAL
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