CVE-2018-7938 Information disclosure in P10
A malicious application can read hardware serial numbers due to missing permission validation, leading to sensitive information disclosure on Huawei P10 devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-7938?
CVE-2018-7938 is a low-severity vulnerability in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. P10, published on 4 Sep 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
P10 Huawei smartphones with the versions before Victoria-AL00AC00B217 have an information leak vulnerability due to the lack of permission validation. An attacker tricks a user into installing a malicious application on the smart phone, and the application can read some hardware serial number, which may cause sensitive information leak.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-7938?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei P10 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2018-7938?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-7938 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2018-7938 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-7938 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. P10
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mggw-wg5r-rgfm.