CVE-2020-1872 Security feature bypass in HUAWEI P10 Plus
Attackers can bypass the digital balance feature on Huawei P10 Plus devices by manipulating the startup wizard during reconfiguration.
- 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-2020-1872?
CVE-2020-1872 is a medium-severity vulnerability in HUAWEI P10 Plus, 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 smart phones P10 Plus with versions earlier than 9.1.0.201(C01E75R1P12T8), earlier than 9.1.0.252(C185E2R1P9T8), earlier than 9.1.0.252(C432E4R1P9T8), and earlier than 9.1.0.255(C576E6R1P8T8) have a digital balance bypass vulnerability. When re-configuring the mobile phone at the digital balance mode, an attacker can perform some operations to bypass the startup wizard, and then open some switch. As a result, the digital balance function is bypassed.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-1872?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei P10 Plus Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2020-1872?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-1872 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-1872 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-1872 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in HUAWEI P10 Plus
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6q93-673p-9879.