Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Huawei products - CVE-2019-5220
Published: June 26, 2019 / Updated: June 26, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU18919
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5220
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows an attacker to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to the system does not sufficiently verify the permission. An attacker with physical access to the smartphones can do a certain operation on certain step of setup wizard.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to bypass the FRP protection.
Affected software
Huawei Honor Magic 2
Huawei Mate 20
Huawei Mate 20 X
Huawei Mate 20
Huawei Mate 20 X
How to mitigate CVE-2019-5220
Install updates from vendor's website.
Huawei Honor Magic 2 - update to Tony-AL00B/Tony-TL00B 9.0.0.182(C00E180R2P2)
Huawei Mate 20 - update to Hima-AL00B/Hima-TL00B 9.0.0.200(C00E200R2P1)
Huawei Mate 20 X - update to Ever-AL00B 9.0.0.200(C00E200R2P1)
Huawei Mate 20 - update to Hima-AL00B/Hima-TL00B 9.0.0.200(C00E200R2P1)
Huawei Mate 20 X - update to Ever-AL00B 9.0.0.200(C00E200R2P1)