Huawei P30/P30 Pro up to 9.1.0.162 Huawei Share input validation

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A vulnerability was found in Huawei P30 and P30 Pro up to 9.1.0.162 and classified as critical. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Huawei Share. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-5215. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Huawei P30 and P30 Pro up to 9.1.0.162 (Smartphone Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Huawei Share. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

There is a man-in-the-middle (MITM) vulnerability on Huawei P30 smartphones versions before ELE-AL00 9.1.0.162(C01E160R1P12/C01E160R2P1), and P30 Pro versions before VOG-AL00 9.1.0.162 (C01E160R1P12/C01E160R2P1). When users establish connection and transfer data through Huawei Share, an attacker could sniff, spoof and do a series of operations to intrude the Huawei Share connection and launch a man-in-the-middle attack to obtain and tamper the data. (Vulnerability ID: HWPSIRT-2019-03109)

The bug was discovered 05/07/2019. The weakness was shared 06/04/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at huawei.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-5215 since 01/04/2019. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 09/28/2023).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 28 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Smartphone Operating System

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• Huawei

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• P30
• P30 Pro

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• 9.1.0.162

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.huawei.com/

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