CVE-2018-7925 Auth bypass in Emily-AL00A

Medium 6.8 Published 13 Nov 2018 Updated 5 Aug 2024

An unauthenticated attacker can bypass the lock screen on specific Huawei smartphones by launching a third-party input method application.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2018-7925?

CVE-2018-7925 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Emily-AL00A, published on 13 Nov 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The radio module of some Huawei smartphones Emily-AL00A The versions before 8.1.0.171(C00) have a lock-screen bypass vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker could start third-part input method APP through certain operations to bypass lock-screen by exploit this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-863

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7925?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei Emily-Al00a Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2018-7925?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-7925 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2018-7925 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7925 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-849f-f86j-wfr2.