CVE-2020-1843 Security feature bypass in HEGE-560

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

Attackers with physical access can bypass verification mechanisms to perform unauthorized operations on Huawei smart home devices.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2020-1843?

CVE-2020-1843 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei HEGE-560, published on 18 Feb 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Huawei HEGE-560 version 1.0.1.20(SP2), OSCA-550 version 1.0.0.71(SP1), OSCA-550A version 1.0.0.71(SP1), OSCA-550AX version 1.0.0.71(SP2), and OSCA-550X version 1.0.0.71(SP2) have an insufficient verification vulnerability. An attacker can perform specific operations to exploit this vulnerability by physical access methods. Successful exploitation may cause the attacker perform an illegal operation.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-1843?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Huawei Hege-560 Firmware, Huawei Osca-550 Firmware, Huawei Osca-550a Firmware, Huawei Osca-550ax Firmware, Huawei Osca-550x Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2020-1843?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-1843 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2020-1843 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-1843 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-p6xg-495q-mfqw.

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