Auth bypass in Huawei Emily-Al00a

CVE-2018-7947

Huawei mobile phones with versions earlier before Emily-AL00A 8.1.0.153(C00) have an authentication bypass vulnerability. An attacker could trick the user to connect to a malicious device. In the debug mode, the malicious software in the device may exploit the vulnerability to bypass some specific function. Successful exploit may cause some malicious applications to be installed in the mobile phones.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.9 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (14.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 15th percentile — 14.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-7947: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-7947?
CVE-2018-7947 is a low-severity vulnerability in Huawei Emily-Al00a, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 3.9/10. Published 2018-07-31.
How severe is CVE-2018-7947?
Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.9 out of 10.