Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Huawei products - CVE-2020-1785
Published: January 3, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23897
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1785
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected system does not properly check the status of certain module during certain operations. A local user can trick a victim to install a malicious application and cause reboot of the smartphone.
Affected software
Huawei Mate 10 Pro
Huawei Honor V10
Huawei Honor 10
Huawei nova 4
Huawei Honor V10
Huawei Honor 10
Huawei nova 4
How to mitigate CVE-2020-1785
Install updates from vendor's website.
Huawei Mate 10 Pro - addressed in versions 9.1.0.321, 9.1.0.330
Huawei Honor V10 - addressed in versions 9.1.0.333, 9.1.0.350, 9.1.0.351
Huawei Honor 10 - addressed in versions 9.1.0.350, 9.1.0.351
Huawei nova 4 - update to 9.1.0.225
Huawei Honor V10 - addressed in versions 9.1.0.333, 9.1.0.350, 9.1.0.351
Huawei Honor 10 - addressed in versions 9.1.0.350, 9.1.0.351
Huawei nova 4 - update to 9.1.0.225