Huawei Smart Phone prior 8.0.0.150(C432) Crafted Application input validation

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A vulnerability has been found in Huawei Smart Phone (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code. The manipulation as part of a Crafted Application leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Huawei ALP-L09 smart phones with versions earlier than ALP-L09 8.0.0.150(C432) have an insufficient input validation vulnerability due to lack of parameter check. An attacker tricks the user who has root privilege to install a crafted application, the application may modify the specific data to exploit the vulnerability. Successful exploit could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The bug was discovered 09/11/2018. The weakness was presented 09/12/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at huawei.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-7923 since 03/08/2018. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version 8.0.0.150(C432) eliminates this vulnerability.

See 123987 for similar entry.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Smart Phone 8.0.0.150(C432)

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03/08/2018 🔍
09/11/2018 +186 days 🔍
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09/13/2018 +1 days 🔍
05/16/2023 +1706 days 🔍

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Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: sa-20180911-01
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-7923 (🔍)
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/13/2018 08:39
Updated: 05/16/2023 09:24
Changes: 09/13/2018 08:39 (60), 03/23/2020 13:48 (2), 05/16/2023 09:24 (4)
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