Auth bypass in Huawei Honor V30

CVE-2020-9259

Huawei Honor V30 smartphones with versions earlier than 10.1.0.212(C00E210R5P1) have an improper authentication vulnerability. The system does not sufficiently validate certain parameter passed from the bottom level, the attacker should trick the user into installing a malicious application and control the bottom level, successful exploit could cause information disclosure.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 54.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-9259: held from 0.008 to 0.008.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-9259?
CVE-2020-9259 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Huawei Honor V30, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-07-17.
How severe is CVE-2020-9259?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.