CVE-2020-9080 Privilege escalation in HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro
A local authenticated attacker can exploit improper privilege management in Huawei smartphones to achieve local privilege escalation.
- 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-2020-9080?
CVE-2020-9080 is a high-severity vulnerability in HUAWEI Mate 20 Pro, published on 27 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
There is an improper privilege management vulnerability in Huawei smart phone product. A local, authenticated attacker could craft a specific input to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploitation may lead to local privilege escalation. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2020-05272)
This vulnerability has been assigned a Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-9080.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-9080?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Huawei Mate 20 Pro \(Ud\) Firmware, Huawei Mate 20 Pro Firmware, Huawei Nova 5i Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2020-9080?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-9080 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2020-9080 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-9080 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w867-8ghv-295x.