Race condition in Huawei products - CVE-2019-5228
Published: November 15, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22803
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5228
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in certain detection module due to a race condition when the system does not lock certain function properly. A local user can trick a victim to install a malicious application, trigger out of bound write and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Affected software
P30
P30 Pro
Honor V20
P30 Pro
Honor V20
How to mitigate CVE-2019-5228
Install updates from vendor's website.
P30 - update to 9.1.0.193
P30 Pro - update to 9.1.0.193
Honor V20 - update to 9.1.0.233
P30 Pro - update to 9.1.0.193
Honor V20 - update to 9.1.0.233