What is CVE-2019-5299?

CVE-2019-5299 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Hima-Al00b, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-08-13.

How severe is CVE-2019-5299?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Huawei Hima-Al00b

CVE-2019-5299

Huawei mobile phones Hima-AL00Bhave with Versions earlier than HMA-AL00C00B175 have a signature verification bypass vulnerability. Attackers can induce users to install malicious applications. Due to a defect in the signature verification logic, the malicious applications can invoke specific interface to execute malicious code. A successful exploit may result in the execution of arbitrary code.

EPSS: 0.007 (50.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Huawei Hima-al00b — versions Versions earlier than HMA-AL00C00B175
Huawei Hima-al00b_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-347 — Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

References

psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-5299?: CVE-2019-5299 is a high-severity vulnerability in Huawei Hima-Al00b, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-08-13.
How severe is CVE-2019-5299?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.