CVE-2020-9073 Auth bypass in P20
Attackers with physical access can bypass student mode restrictions on Huawei P20 devices due to insufficient identity validation.
- 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-2020-9073?
CVE-2020-9073 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in P20, published on 15 May 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Huawei P20 smartphones with versions earlier than 10.0.0.156(C00E156R1P4) have an improper authentication vulnerability. The vulnerability is due to that when an user wants to do certain operation, the software insufficiently validate the user's identity. Attackers need to physically access the smartphone to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploit could allow the attacker to bypass the limit of student mode function.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9073?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Huawei P20 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2020-9073?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9073 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-2020-9073 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9073 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in P20
Sources
Also known as GHSA-48xv-3rm6-fh3c.