Improper Authentication in Huawei Mate 20 - CVE-2020-1840

 

Improper Authentication in Huawei Mate 20 - CVE-2020-1840

Published: January 16, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU24326
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1840
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to bypass authentication process.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient authentication. A local user with high privilege can trick a user to install a malicious application, execute a specific command, cause information leak and compromise the availability of the smart phones.


Affected software

Huawei Mate 20

How to mitigate CVE-2020-1840

Install updates from vendor's website.

Huawei Mate 20 - update to 10.0.0.175

External References

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