Medium severity · published Nov 27, 2018
CVE-2018-7961
There is a smart SMS verification code vulnerability in some Huawei smart phones
6.5
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
There is a smart SMS verification code vulnerability in some Huawei smart phones. An attacker should trick a user to access malicious Website or malicious App and register. Due to incorrect processing of the smart SMS verification code, successful exploitation can cause sensitive information leak.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EF
Emily-al00a Firmware · Huawei
8.1.0.167(c00) · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-7961
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-7961
Vendor Advisory
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20181121-02-smartphone-en
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