Security Advisory - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Some Huawei Products
- SA No:huawei-sa-20200527-01-mtk
- Initial Release Date: May 27, 2020
- Last Release Date: Sep 02, 2020
There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the ioctl handlers of the Mediatek CMDQ driver. Local attackers can exploit this vulnerability to read and write to the system memory. Successful exploit may lead to local escalation of privilege. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2020-03106)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-0069.
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-20200527-01-mtk-en
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Product Name |
Affected Version |
Resolved Product and Version |
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Berkeley-L09 |
Versions earlier than 10.0.0.177(C10E3R1P4) |
10.0.0.177(C10E3R1P4) |
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Columbia-AL10B |
Versions earlier than 10.0.0.178(C00E178R1P4) |
10.0.0.178(C00E178R1P4) |
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Columbia-L29D |
Versions earlier than 10.0.0.177(C10E4R1P4) |
10.0.0.177(C10E4R1P4) |
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Versions earlier than 10.0.0.177(C432E3R1P4) |
10.0.0.177(C432E3R1P4) |
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Columbia-TL00B |
Versions earlier than 10.0.0.178(C01E178R1P4) |
10.0.0.178(C01E178R1P4) |
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Columbia-TL00D |
Versions earlier than 10.0.0.178(C01E178R1P4) |
10.0.0.178(C01E178R1P4) |
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Cornell-AL00A |
Versions earlier than 9.1.0.340(C00E333R1P1T8) |
9.1.0.340(C00E333R1P1T8) |
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Cornell-TL10B |
Versions earlier than 9.1.0.340(C01E333R1P1T8) |
9.1.0.340(C01E333R1P1T8) |
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Dura-AL00A |
Versions earlier than 1.0.0.190(C00) |
1.0.0.190(C00) |
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HONOR 20 PRO |
Versions earlier than 10.0.0.194(C636E3R3P1) |
10.0.0.194(C636E3R3P1) |
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Versions earlier than 10.0.0.202(C10E3R3P2) |
10.0.0.202(C10E3R3P2) |
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HUAWEI Y6 2019 |
Versions earlier than 9.1.0.290(C185E5R4P1) |
9.1.0.290(C185E5R4P1) |
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Versions earlier than 9.1.0.290(C431E1R1P8) |
9.1.0.290(C431E1R1P8) |
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Versions earlier than 9.1.0.290(C605E6R1P6) |
9.1.0.290(C605E6R1P6) |
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Versions earlier than 9.1.0.295(C431E5R2P2) |
9.1.0.295(C431E5R2P2) |
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HUAWEI nova 3 |
Versions earlier than 9.1.0.338(C00E333R1P1T8) |
9.1.0.338(C00E333R1P1T8) |
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HUAWEI nova 4 |
Versions earlier than 10.0.0.160(C01E32R2P4) |
10.0.0.160(C01E32R2P4) |
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Honor 8A |
Versions earlier than 9.1.0.291(C185E3R4P1) |
9.1.0.291(C185E3R4P1) |
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Versions earlier than 9.1.0.291(C432E5R2P1) |
9.1.0.291(C432E5R2P1) |
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Versions earlier than 9.1.0.291(C636E4R4P1) |
9.1.0.291(C636E4R4P1) |
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Versions earlier than 9.1.0.297(C605E4R4P2) |
9.1.0.297(C605E4R4P2) |
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Honor View 20 |
Versions earlier than 10.0.0.198(C432E10R3P4) |
10.0.0.198(C432E10R3P4) |
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Versions earlier than 10.0.0.200(C185E3R3P3) |
10.0.0.200(C185E3R3P3) |
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Versions earlier than 10.0.0.201(C10E5R4P3) |
10.0.0.201(C10E5R4P3) |
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Jakarta-AL00A |
Versions earlier than 9.1.0.251(C00E106R2P2) |
9.1.0.251(C00E106R2P2) |
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Katyusha-AL00A |
Versions earlier than 9.1.0.146(C00E131R2P2) |
9.1.0.146(C00E131R2P2) |
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Katyusha-AL10A |
Versions earlier than 9.1.0.160(C00E150R1P7) |
9.1.0.160(C00E150R1P7) |
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Madrid-AL00A |
Versions earlier than 9.1.0.261(C00E120R4P1) |
9.1.0.261(C00E120R4P1) |
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Paris-L29B |
Versions earlier than 9.1.0.380(C636E1R1P3T8) |
9.1.0.380(C636E1R1P3T8) |
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Princeton-AL10B |
Versions earlier than 10.0.0.194(C00E61R4P11) |
10.0.0.194(C00E61R4P11) |
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Sydney-AL00 |
Versions earlier than 9.1.0.237(C00E80R1P7T8) |
9.1.0.237(C00E80R1P7T8) |
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Sydney-TL00 |
Versions earlier than 9.1.0.237(C01E80R1P7T8) |
9.1.0.237(C01E80R1P7T8) |
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SydneyM-AL00 |
Versions earlier than 10.0.0.159(C00E64R1P5) |
10.0.0.159(C00E64R1P5) |
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Tony-AL00B |
Versions earlier than 10.1.0.137(C00E137R2P11) |
10.1.0.137(C00E137R2P11) |
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Tony-TL00B |
Versions earlier than 10.0.0.196(C01E65R2P11) |
10.0.0.196(C01E65R2P11) |
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Yale-AL00A |
Versions earlier than 10.0.0.196(C00E62R8P12) |
10.0.0.196(C00E62R8P12) |
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Yale-L21A |
Versions earlier than 10.0.0.202(C10E3R3P2) |
10.0.0.202(C10E3R3P2) |
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YaleP-AL10B |
Versions earlier than 10.0.0.194(C00E62R8P12) |
10.0.0.194(C00E62R8P12) |
Successful exploit may lead to local escalation of privilege.
The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).
Base Score: 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Temporal Score: 7.2 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)
This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:
Attackers can gain access to the affected device.
Vulnerability details:
There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the ioctl handlers of the Mediatek CMDQ driver. Local attackers can exploit this vulnerability to read and write to the system memory. Successful exploit may lead to local escalation of privilege.
The product that supports automatic update will receive a system update prompt. You can install the update to fix the vulnerability.
2020-09-02 V1.2 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;
2020-06-10 V1.1 UPDATED Updated the "Software Versions and Fixes" section;
2020-05-27 V1.0 INITIAL
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