Security Advisory - Improper Authentication Vulnerability in Some Huawei Smartphones
- SA No:huawei-sa-20200415-01-smartphone
- Initial Release Date: 2020-04-15
- Last Release Date: 2020-07-01
There is an improper authentication vulnerability in some Huawei smartphones. The software insufficiently validate the user's identity when a user wants to do certain operation. An attacker can trick user into installing a malicious application to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploit may cause some information disclosure. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2020-01406)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9070.
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-20200415-01-smartphone-en
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Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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| Mate 30 |
Versions earlier than 10.0.0.205(C00E201R7P2) |
10.0.0.205(C00E201R7P2) |
| Mate 30 Pro |
Versions earlier than 10.0.0.203(C00E202R7P2) |
10.0.0.203(C00E202R7P2) |
| Mate 30 5G |
Versions earlier than 10.0.0.203(C00E201R7P2) |
10.0.0.203(C00E201R7P2) |
| Mate 30 Pro 5G |
Versions earlier than 10.0.0.203(C00E201R7P2) |
10.0.0.203(C00E201R7P2) |
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 5.5 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)Temporal Score: 5.1 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
The attacker successfully tricks the user into installing a malicious application.
Vulnerability details:
There is an improper authentication vulnerability in some Huawei smartphones. The software insufficiently validate the user's identity when a user wants to do certain operation. An attacker can trick user into installing a malicious application to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploit may cause some 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 discovered by Huawei internal tester.
2020-07-01 V1.2 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;
2020-04-15 V1.0 INITIAL
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