CVE-2018-7929 Auth bypass in Mate RS
An attacker can bypass the lock screen on Huawei Mate RS smartphones to unlock and use the device, potentially accessing private data.
- 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-2018-7929?
CVE-2018-7929 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate RS, published on 18 Sep 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Huawei Mate RS smartphones with the versions before NEO-AL00D 8.1.0.167(C786) have a lock-screen bypass vulnerability. An attacker could unlock and use the phone through certain operations.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7929?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Mate Rs Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2018-7929?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-7929 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-2018-7929 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7929 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Mate RS
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x26f-vx5q-2cxf.