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.

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

EPSS: 0.008 (52.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Huawei Honor V30 — versions Versions earlier than 10.1.0.212(C00E210R5P1)
Huawei Honor_v30
Huawei Honor_v30_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

psirt@huawei.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

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.