SB2019120507 - Path traversal in several Huawei Smartphones
Published: December 5, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019120507
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5251)
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. A local attacker can trick the victim to install, backup up and restore a malicious application and read arbitrary files on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.