Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Huawei Mate 20 Pro and Huawei Mate 20 Pro (UD) - CVE-2020-9080

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Huawei Mate 20 Pro and Huawei Mate 20 Pro (UD) - CVE-2020-9080

Published: August 24, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU45977
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-9080
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.


Affected software

Huawei Mate 20 Pro
Huawei Mate 20 Pro (UD)

How to mitigate CVE-2020-9080

Install updates from vendor's website.

Huawei Mate 20 Pro - update to 10.1.0.163
Huawei Mate 20 Pro (UD) - update to 10.1.0.163

External References

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