Improper Authentication in Huawei P20 - CVE-2020-9073

 

Improper Authentication in Huawei P20 - CVE-2020-9073

Published: May 14, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU27913
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9073
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 affected software insufficiently validate the user's identity when an user wants to do certain operation. An attacker with physical access can bypass the limit of student mode function.


Affected software

Huawei P20

How to mitigate CVE-2020-9073

Install updates from vendor's website.

Huawei P20 - update to 10.0.0.156

External References

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