Huawei Mate 10/Mate 10 Pro up to 8.0.0 improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Huawei Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro up to 8.0.0. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes improper authentication. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2018-7940. It is feasible to perform the attack on the physical device. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro up to 8.0.0 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Huawei smart phones Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro with earlier versions than 8.0.0.129(SP2C00) and earlier versions than 8.0.0.129(SP2C01) have an authentication bypass vulnerability. An attacker with high privilege obtains the smart phone and bypass the activation function by some specific operations.

The bug was discovered 05/09/2018. The weakness was presented 05/10/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at huawei.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-7940 since 03/09/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not 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 $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 8.0.0.129 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mate 10/Mate 10 Pro 8.0.0.129

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03/09/2018 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: sa-20180509-01
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-7940 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-7940
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-117583

Entryinfo

Created: 05/10/2018 21:46
Updated: 03/11/2023 14:38
Changes: 05/10/2018 21:46 (59), 02/04/2020 09:50 (2), 03/11/2023 14:38 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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