Auth bypass in Huawei Honor Magic 2
CVE-2019-5220
There is a Factory Reset Protection (FRP) bypass vulnerability on several smartphones. The system does not sufficiently verify the permission, an attacker could do a certain operation on certain step of setup wizard. Successful exploit could allow the attacker bypass the FRP protection. Affected products: Mate 20 X, versions earlier than Ever-AL00B 9.0.0.200(C00E200R2P1); Mate 20, versions earlier than Hima-AL00B/Hima-TL00B 9.0.0.200(C00E200R2P1); Honor Magic 2, versions earlier than Tony-AL00B/Tony-TL00B 9.0.0.182(C00E180R2P2).
Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (11.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 12th percentile — 11.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Huawei Honor Magic 2 — versions Versions earlier than Tony-AL00B/Tony-TL00B 9.0.0.182(C00E180R2P2)
- Huawei Honor Magic 2
- Huawei Honor Magic 2 Firmware
- Huawei Mate 20 — versions Versions earlier than Hima-AL00B/Hima-TL00B 9.0.0.200(C00E200R2P1)
- Huawei Mate 20
- Huawei Mate 20 Firmware
- Huawei Mate 20 X — versions Versions earlier than Ever-AL00B 9.0.0.200(C00E200R2P1)
- Huawei Mate 20 X
- Huawei Mate 20 X Firmware
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20190626-01-frp-en (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-5220?
- CVE-2019-5220 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Honor Magic 2, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2019-07-10.
- How severe is CVE-2019-5220?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.