CVE-2020-1878: Security Advisory - Improper Authentication Vulnerability in Huawei Smartphone

There is an improper authentication vulnerability in some Huawei smartphone. Authentication to target component is improper when device performs an operation. Attackers exploit this vulnerability to obtain some information by loading malicious application, leading to information leak. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2019-11027)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-1878.
Huawei has released software updates to fix this vulnerability. This advisory is available at the following link:
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200311-01-informationleak-en

Product Name

Affected Version

Resolved Product and Version

OxfordS-AN00A

Versions earlier than 10.0.1.152D(C735E152R3P3)

10.0.1.152D(C735E152R3P3)

Versions earlier than 10.0.1.160(C00E160R4P1)

10.0.1.160(C00E160R4P1)

Attackers exploit this vulnerability to obtain some information, leading to information leak.

The vulnerability classification has been performed by using the CVSSv3 scoring system (http://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document).

Base Score: 4.7 (AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Temporal Score: 4.4 (E:F/RL:O/RC:C)

Overall Score: 4.4

This vulnerability can be exploited only when the following conditions are present:

Attackers can perform specific operation on affected device.

Vulnerability details:

Authentication to target component is improper when device performs an operation. Attackers exploit this vulnerability to obtain some information by loading malicious application, leading to information leak.

The product that supports automatic update will receive a system update prompt. You can install the update to fix the vulnerability.

This vulnerability was discovered by Huawei internal tester.

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