What is CVE-2020-9070?

CVE-2020-9070 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Taurus-Al00b, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-04-20.

How severe is CVE-2020-9070?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Huawei Taurus-Al00b

CVE-2020-9070

Huawei smartphones Taurus-AL00B with versions earlier than 10.0.0.205(C00E201R7P2) have an improper authentication vulnerability. The software insufficiently validate the user's identity when a user wants to do certain operation. An attacker can trick user into installing a malicious application to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploit may cause some information disclosure.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2020-04-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 46.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Huawei Taurus-Al00b — versions Versions earlier than 10.0.0.205(C00E201R7P2)
Huawei Taurus-Al00b Firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200415-01-smartphone-en (Vendor Advisory)
www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20200415-01-smartphone-en (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-9070?: CVE-2020-9070 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Taurus-Al00b, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-04-20.
How severe is CVE-2020-9070?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.