Security Advisory - Improper Authentication Vulnerability on Smartphones
- SA No:huawei-sa-20181010-01-applock
- Initial Release Date: Oct 10, 2018
- Last Release Date: Sep 02, 2020
There is an improper authentication vulnerability on smartphones. App Lock is a function to prevent unauthorized use of apps on smartphones, an attacker could directly change the lock password after a series of operations. Successful exploit could allow the attacker to use the application which is locked. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2018-06006)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-7989.
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-20181010-01-applock-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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ALP-AL00B |
Versions earlier than 8.1.0.326(C00) |
BLA-AL00B 8.1.0.326(C00) |
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ALP-TL00B |
Versions earlier than 8.1.0.326(C00) |
BLA-AL00B 8.1.0.326(C00) |
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Anne-AL00 |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.165(C00) |
8.0.0.165(C00) |
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Atomu-AL00B |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.186(C00) |
8.0.0.186(C00) |
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Atomu-AL10B |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.186(C00) |
8.0.0.186(C00) |
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Atomu-AL20B |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.186(C00) |
8.0.0.186(C00) |
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Atomu-L29A |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.140(C461CUSTC461D1) |
8.0.0.140(C461CUSTC461D1) |
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Atomu-L41 |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.140(C461CUSTC461D1) |
8.0.0.140(C461CUSTC461D1) |
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BLA-AL00B |
Versions earlier than 8.1.0.326(C00) |
8.1.0.326(C00) |
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BLA-TL00B |
Versions earlier than 8.1.0.326(C00) |
BLA-AL00B 8.1.0.326(C00) |
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Berkeley-TL10 |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.192(C01GT) |
8.0.0.192(C01GT) |
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Duke-L09 |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.366(C636) |
DUK-L09 8.0.0.366(C636) |
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Versions earlier than 8.0.0.368(C10) |
DUK-L09 8.0.0.368(C10) |
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Versions earlier than 8.0.0.369(C432) |
DUK-L09 8.0.0.369(C432) |
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Figo-AL00A |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.173(C00) |
8.0.0.173(C00) |
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Figo-AL10B |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.176(C01) |
Figo-TL10B 8.0.0.176(C01) |
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Figo-L31 |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.124(C530) |
8.0.0.124(C530) |
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Versions earlier than 8.0.0.130(C10) |
8.0.0.130(C10) |
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Versions earlier than 8.0.0.133(C09) |
8.0.0.133(C09) |
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Versions earlier than 8.0.0.136(C33) |
8.0.0.136(C33) |
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Versions earlier than 8.0.0.148(C432) |
8.0.0.148(C432) |
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Figo-TL00A |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.173(C01) |
8.0.0.173(C01) |
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Florida-AL10B |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.168(C00) |
8.0.0.168(C00) |
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Florida-TL10B |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.168(C01) |
8.0.0.168(C01) |
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HUAWEI Y6 Prime 2018 |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.140(C461CUSTC461D1) |
8.0.0.140(C461CUSTC461D1) |
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HUAWEI nova 3e,HUAWEI P20 lite |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.142(C461) |
8.0.0.142(C461) |
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Jimmy-AL00A |
Versions earlier than Jimmy-AL00AC00B172 |
Jimmy-AL00AC00B172 |
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Jimmy-TL00A |
Versions earlier than Jimmy-TL00AC01B172 |
Jimmy-TL00AC01B172 |
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Leland-AL00A |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.178(C00) |
8.0.0.178(C00) |
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Leland-L22C |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.185(C675CUSTC675D2) |
8.0.0.185(C675CUSTC675D2) |
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Leland-L42A |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.175(C675CUSTC675D1) |
8.0.0.175(C675CUSTC675D1) |
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Leland-L42C |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.175(C675CUSTC675D1) |
8.0.0.175(C675CUSTC675D1) |
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Leland-TL10B |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.178(C01) |
8.0.0.178(C01) |
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Leland-TL10C |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.178(C01) |
8.0.0.178(C01) |
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LelandP-AL00C |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.123(C00) |
8.0.0.123(C00) |
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London-AL00B |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.211(C00) |
8.0.0.211(C00) |
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London-AL00C |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.211(C00) |
8.0.0.211(C00) |
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London-AL00D |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.211(C00) |
8.0.0.211(C00) |
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London-AL10 |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.211(C00) |
8.0.0.211(C00) |
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London-AL30A |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.211(C00) |
8.0.0.211(C00) |
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London-AL30I |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.150(C675CUSTC675D1) |
8.0.0.150(C675CUSTC675D1) |
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London-AL40 |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.211(C00) |
8.0.0.211(C00) |
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London-AL40I |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.150(C675CUSTC675D1) |
8.0.0.150(C675CUSTC675D1) |
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London-L29 |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.132(C461CUSTC461D1) |
8.0.0.132(C461CUSTC461D1) |
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London-TL00B |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.211(C01) |
8.0.0.211(C01) |
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London-TL00C |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.211(C01) |
8.0.0.211(C01) |
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London-TL10 |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.211(C01) |
8.0.0.211(C01) |
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London-TL40 |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.211(C01) |
London-TL40B 8.0.0.211(C01) |
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Stanford-AL00 |
Versions earlier than 8.0.0.355(C00GT) |
STF-AL10 8.0.0.355(C00GT) |
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Toronto-AL00 |
Versions earlier than Toronto-AL00C00B225 |
Toronto-AL00C00B225 |
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Toronto-AL00A |
Versions earlier than Toronto-AL00AC00B225 |
Toronto-AL00AC00B225 |
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Toronto-TL10 |
Versions earlier than Toronto-TL10C01B225 |
Toronto-TL10C01B225 |
Successful exploit could allow the attacker to use the application which is locked.
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:H/I:N/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 device.
Vulnerability details:
App Lock is a function to prevent unauthorized use of apps on smartphones, an attacker could directly change the lock password after a series of operations. Successful exploit could allow the attacker to use 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 discovered by Huawei internal tester.
2020-09-02 V1.2 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;
2020-08-26 V1.1 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;
2018-10-10 V1.0 INITIAL
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