CVE-2020-9073

Summary

CVECVE-2020-9073
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-05-15 14:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-05-19 14:03:00 UTC
DescriptionHuawei P20 smartphones with versions earlier than 10.0.0.156(C00E156R1P4) have an improper authentication vulnerability. The vulnerability is due to that when an user wants to do certain operation, the software insufficiently validate the user's identity. Attackers need to physically access the smartphone to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass the limit of student mode function.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Huawei P20 - All All All
Hardware Huawei P20 - All All All
Operating System Huawei P20 Firmware All All All All
Operating System Huawei P20 Firmware All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory - Improper Authentication Vulnerability in Some Huawei Smartphones MISC www.huawei.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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