What is CVE-2020-1796?

CVE-2020-1796 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Mate 20, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2020-03-20.

How severe is CVE-2020-1796?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Huawei Mate 20

CVE-2020-1796

There is an improper authorization vulnerability in several smartphones. The software incorrectly performs an authorization to certain user, successful exploit could allow a low privilege user to do certain operation which the user are supposed not to do.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 Access Control

EPSS: 0.002 (9.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-1796?: CVE-2020-1796 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Mate 20, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2020-03-20.
How severe is CVE-2020-1796?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.