CVE-2020-1798: Medium severity huawei p30 vulnerability

Published May 29, 2020
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Updated

HUAWEI P30 smartphones with versions earlier than 10.1.0.135(C00E135R2P11) have an improper authentication vulnerability. A logic error occurs when handling NFC work, an attacker should establish a NFC connection to the target phone, and then do a series of operations on the target phone. Successful exploit could allow a guest user do certain operation which is beyond the guest user's privilege.

Affected Software

2 affected components
Huawei P30 Firmware<10.1.0.135\(c00e135r2p11\)
Huawei P30

Event History

May 29, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·07:01 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·07:01 PM
DescriptionWeakness
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability?

HUAWEI P30 smartphones with versions earlier than 10.1.0.135(C00E135R2P11) have an improper authentication vulnerability that can be exploited by an attacker establishing a NFC connection and performing a series of operations on the target phone.

2

How does the vulnerability occur?

The vulnerability occurs due to a logic error when handling NFC work on HUAWEI P30 smartphones.

3

What is the severity of CVE-2020-1798?

The severity of CVE-2020-1798 is medium, with a CVSS severity score of 4.6.

4

Which software versions of HUAWEI P30 are affected?

HUAWEI P30 smartphones with versions earlier than 10.1.0.135(C00E135R2P11) are affected.

5

How to fix the vulnerability?

To fix the vulnerability, users should update their HUAWEI P30 smartphones to version 10.1.0.135(C00E135R2P11) or later.

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