Medium severity · published Mar 20, 2020
CVE-2020-1796
There is an improper authorization vulnerability in several smartphones
6.6
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
There is an improper authorization vulnerability in several smartphones. The software incorrectly performs an authorization to certain user, successful exploit could allow a low privilege user to do certain operation which the user are supposed not to do.Affected product versions include:HUAWEI Mate 20 versions Versions earlier than 10.0.0.188(C00E74R3P8);HUAWEI Mate 30 Pro versions Versions earlier than 10.0.0.203(C00E202R7P2).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 9% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
M2
Mate 20 Firmware · Huawei
through 10.0.0.188\(c00e74r3p8\) · source: NVD
M3
Mate 30 Pro Firmware · Huawei
through 10.0.0.203\(c00e202r7p2\) · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1796
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1796
Vendor Advisory
https://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200318-05-smartphone-en
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