Huawei Smart Phone prior 8.2.0.155(C185R1P2) Camera information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei Smart Phone. It has been rated as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component Camera. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-5281. It is possible to launch the attack on the physical device. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Huawei Smart Phone (Smartphone Operating System). This issue affects an unknown function of the component Camera. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

There is an information leak vulnerability in some Huawei phones, versions earlier than Jackman-L21 8.2.0.155(C185R1P2). When a local attacker uses the camera of a smartphone, the attacker can exploit this vulnerability to obtain sensitive information by performing a series of operations.

The bug was discovered 02/18/2019. The weakness was disclosed 06/04/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at huawei.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-5281 since 01/04/2019. Attacking locally is a requirement. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 106 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 8.2.0.155(C185R1P2) eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 3.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.3

VulDB Base Score: 2.1
VulDB Temp Score: 2.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Smart Phone 8.2.0.155(C185R1P2)

Timelineinfo

01/04/2019 🔍
02/18/2019 +45 days 🔍
06/04/2019 +106 days 🔍
06/05/2019 +1 days 🔍
09/28/2023 +1576 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: sa-20190218-01
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-5281 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-5281
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-135947
OSVDB: - Huawei Y9 smartphones information disclosure

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/05/2019 09:11
Updated: 09/28/2023 07:20
Changes: 06/05/2019 09:11 (60), 06/19/2020 11:10 (1), 09/28/2023 07:20 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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