CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-7989

Improper Authentication

Published: Oct 17, 2018 | Modified: Dec 06, 2018
CVSS 3.x
4.6
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Huawei Mate 10 pro smartphones with the versions before BLA-AL00B 8.1.0.326(C00) have an improper authentication vulnerability. App Lock is a function to prevent unauthorized use of apps on smartphones, an attacker could directly change the lock password after a series of operations. Successful exploit could allow the attacker to use the application which is locked.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Mate_10_pro_firmware Huawei * bla-al00b_8.1.0.326(c00) (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References