CVE-2019-5251 Path traversal in Honor V10;P30;Mate 20;Honor 9 Lite;Honor 9i;M6;P30 Pro;Honor 20s
Attackers can disclose information by tricking users into installing and restoring a malicious application 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-2019-5251?
CVE-2019-5251 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Honor V10;P30;Mate 20;Honor 9 Lite;Honor 9i;M6;P30 Pro;Honor 20s, published on 13 Dec 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 a path traversal vulnerability in several Huawei smartphones. The system does not sufficiently validate certain pathnames from the application. An attacker could trick the user into installing, backing up and restoring a malicious application. Successful exploit could cause information disclosure.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5251?
It affects 9 products.
Products include Huawei Enjoy 7s Firmware, Huawei Honor 20s Firmware, Huawei Honor 9 Lite Firmware, Huawei Honor 9i Firmware, Huawei Honor V10 Firmware, Huawei M6 Firmware and 3 more.
How do I fix CVE-2019-5251?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5251 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2019-5251 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5251 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jr37-cw64-8v29.