# CVE-2018-7925: Auth bypass in Emily-AL00A

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

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Nov 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-849f-f86j-wfr2

## 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 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7925?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2018-7925 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Emily-AL00A

- [CVE-2019-5282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5282/): Use after free in Emily-AL00A, Emily-TL00B, Emily-L09C, Emily-L29C (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-7944](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7944/): Security feature bypass in Emily-AL00A (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2018-7961](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7961/): Information disclosure in Emily-AL00A (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2018-7947](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7947/): Auth bypass in Emily-AL00A (low 3.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-7925 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Emily-AL00A. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7925/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-7925/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7925
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7925
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-7925

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