CVE-2020-1840 Auth bypass in HUAWEI Mate 20
A local attacker with high privilege can exploit insufficient authentication to leak information and compromise availability on Huawei Mate 20 devices.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-1840?
CVE-2020-1840 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in HUAWEI Mate 20, published on 21 Jan 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
HUAWEI Mate 20 smart phones with versions earlier than 10.0.0.175(C00E70R3P8) have an insufficient authentication vulnerability. A local attacker with high privilege can execute a specific command to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploitation may cause information leak and compromise the availability of the smart phones.Affected product versions include: HUAWEI Mate 20 versions Versions earlier than 10.0.0.175(C00E70R3P8)
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-1840?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei Mate 20 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2020-1840?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-1840 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-2020-1840 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-1840 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in HUAWEI Mate 20
- CVE-2020-9113 Memory corruption in HUAWEI Mate 20
- CVE-2019-5225 Memory corruption in P30, Mate 20, P30 Pro
- CVE-2020-1796 Missing authorization in HUAWEI Mate 20;HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro
- CVE-2020-1787 Auth bypass in HUAWEI Mate 20
- CVE-2018-7956 Huawei VIP App is a mobile app for Malaysia customers that purchased P20 Series, Nova 3/3i and Mate 20.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rf3j-pmqj-4m5q.