Security Advisory - Improper Authentication Vulnerability in Some Huawei Smartphones
- SA No:huawei-sa-20200325-01-phone
- Initial Release Date: 2020-03-25
- Last Release Date: 2020-07-01
There is an improper authentication vulnerability in some Huawei smartphones. The Application doesn't perform proper authentication when user performs certain operations. An attacker can trick user into installing a malicious plug-in to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass the authentication to perform unauthorized operations. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2020-02222)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9066.
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-20200325-01-phone-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
|
OxfordP-AN10B |
Versions earlier than 10.0.1.169(C00E166R4P1) |
10.0.1.169(C00E166R4P1) |
|
OxfordS-AN00A |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.202(C00E79R5P1) |
10.1.0.202(C00E79R5P1) |
| Mate 30 |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.150(C00E136R5P3) |
10.1.0.150(C00E136R5P3) |
| Mate 30 Pro |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.150(C00E136R5P3) |
10.1.0.150(C00E136R5P3) |
| Mate 30 5G |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.150(C00E136R5P3) |
10.1.0.150(C00E136R5P3) |
| Mate 30 Pro 5G |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.150(C00E136R5P3) |
10.1.0.150(C00E136R5P3) |
Successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass the authentication to perform unauthorized operations.
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 6.6 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L)Temporal Score: 6.1 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
The attacker successfully tricks the user into installing a malicious plug-in.
Vulnerability details:
There is an improper authentication vulnerability in some Huawei smartphones. The Application doesn't perform proper authentication when user performs certain operations. An attacker can trick user into installing a malicious plug-in to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass the authentication to perform unauthorized operations.
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.
2020-07-01 V1.2 UPDATED Updated the affected version and fix version information
2020-06-03 V1.1 UPDATED Updated the affected version and fix version information
2020-03-25 V1.0 INITIAL
None
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