Security Advisory - Information Leak Vulnerability in the NFC Module of Some Huawei Mobile Phones
- SA No:huawei-sa-20180411-01-smartphone
- Initial Release Date: Apr 11, 2018
- Last Release Date: Apr 11, 2018
This vulnerability has been assigned a CVE ID: CVE-2018-7930.
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-20180411-01-smartphone-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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Mate 9 |
The versions before MHA-L29B 8.0.0.366(C567) |
MHA-L29B 8.0.0.366(C567) |
Base Score: 5.7 (AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
Temporal Score: 5.3 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
The attacker has tricked a user with vulnerable phone into sending file by NFC.
Vulnerability details:
There is an information leak vulnerability in the NFC module of some Huawei mobile phones due to insufficient validation on data transfer requests. When an affected mobile phone sends files to an attacker's mobile phone using the NFC function, the attacker can obtain arbitrary files from the mobile phone, causing information leaks.
The product that supports automatic update will receive a system update prompt. You can install the update to fix the vulnerability.
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