CVE-2019-5222 Information disclosure in Honor Magic 2
An attacker can trick a user into installing a malicious app to exploit improper privilege limits in Secure Input, leading to information disclosure on Huawei smartphones.
- 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-2019-5222?
CVE-2019-5222 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Honor Magic 2, published on 17 Jul 2019. 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
There is an information disclosure vulnerability on Secure Input of certain Huawei smartphones in Versions earlier than Tony-AL00B 9.1.0.216(C00E214R2P1). The Secure Input does not properly limit certain system privilege. An attacker tricks the user to install a malicious application and successful exploit could result in information disclosure.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5222?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Honor Magic 2 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5222?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5222 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2019-5222 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5222 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Honor Magic 2
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4fr2-64vg-vq77.