# CVE-2019-5217: Auth bypass in Mate 9 Pro

> Attackers can view photos without unlocking the screen on Huawei Mate 9 Pro devices, leading to information disclosure.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 4 Jun 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f7wv-qp6p-3f43

## What is CVE-2019-5217?

CVE-2019-5217 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Huawei Mate 9 Pro, published on 4 Jun 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

There is an information disclosure vulnerability on Mate 9 Pro Huawei smartphones versions earlier than LON-AL00B9.0.1.150 (C00E61R1P8T8). An attacker could view the photos after a series of operations without unlocking the screen lock. Successful exploit could cause an information disclosure condition.

Weakness: CWE-307 (Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5217?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Huawei Mate 9 Pro Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-5217?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5217 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-5217 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5217 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Huawei Mate 9 Pro

- [CVE-2017-17225](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-17225/): Memory corruption in Mate 9 Pro (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-17320](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-17320/): Use after free in Mate 9 Pro (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2017-17324](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-17324/): Integer overflow in Mate 9 Pro (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2017-17279](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-17279/): Auth bypass in Mate 9 Pro (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2017-15347](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-15347/): Use after free in Mate 9 Pro (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-5217 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-5217 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Huawei Mate 9 Pro, published on 4 Jun 2019. 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-2019-5217 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Huawei Mate 9 Pro. 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-2019-5217/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5217/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5217
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5217
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-5217

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5217/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.