Improper Authentication in Huawei Mate 30 Pro and Huawei Mate 30 - CVE-2020-1801

 

Improper Authentication in Huawei Mate 30 Pro and Huawei Mate 30 - CVE-2020-1801

Published: April 9, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU26732
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-1801
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to bypass authentication process.

The vulnerability exists due to the certain function interface in the system does not sufficiently validate the caller's identity in certain share scenario. A local attacker can trick a victim to install a malicious application, bypass authentication process and gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the target system.


Affected software

Huawei Mate 30 Pro
Huawei Mate 30

How to mitigate CVE-2020-1801

Install updates from vendor's website.

Huawei Mate 30 Pro - update to 10.0.0.205
Huawei Mate 30 - update to 10.0.0.205

External References

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