Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Huawei Mate 20 - CVE-2020-1787
Published: January 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24145
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1787
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to escalate privileges on the device.
The vulnerability exists due to a login error that can be used under under certain scenario to bypass the lock screen and gain unauthorized access to the device. An attacker with physical access to the device can bypass the lock screen.
Affected software
Huawei Mate 20
How to mitigate CVE-2020-1787
Install updates from vendor's website.
Huawei Mate 20 - update to 9.1.0.139