What is CVE-2020-1794?

CVE-2020-1794 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Mate 20, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2020-03-20.

How severe is CVE-2020-1794?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Huawei Mate 20

CVE-2020-1794

There is an improper authentication vulnerability in several smartphones. The applock does not perform a sufficient authentication in certain scenarios, successful exploit could allow the attacker to gain certain data of the application which is locked. 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).

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.002 (15.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Huawei Mate_20
Huawei Mate_20_firmware
Huawei Mate_30_pro
Huawei Mate_30_pro_firmware
N/a Huawei Mate 20;huawei 30 Pro — versions Versions earlier than 10.0.0.188(C00E74R3P8), Versions earlier than 10.0.0.203(C00E202R7P2)

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-1794?: CVE-2020-1794 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Mate 20, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 4.6/10. Published 2020-03-20.
How severe is CVE-2020-1794?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.6 out of 10.