CVE-2020-1878 Auth bypass in OxfordS-AN00A

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Attackers can load malicious applications to bypass authentication and leak information from Huawei OxfordS-AN00A smartphones.

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

What is CVE-2020-1878?

CVE-2020-1878 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in OxfordS-AN00A, published on 20 Mar 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Huawei smartphone OxfordS-AN00A with versions earlier than 10.0.1.152D(C735E152R3P3),versions earlier than 10.0.1.160(C00E160R4P1) have an improper authentication vulnerability. Authentication to target component is improper when device performs an operation. Attackers exploit this vulnerability to obtain some information by loading malicious application, leading to information leak.

Weakness: CWE-287

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-1878?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Huawei Oxfords-An00a Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2020-1878?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-1878 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-2020-1878 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-1878 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-fwp9-f5c7-pvgj.

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