Huawei PCManager up to 9.0.1 Application access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Huawei PCManager up to 9.0.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation as part of Application causes access control. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2019-5241. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Huawei PCManager up to 9.0.1 (Smartphone Operating System) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation as part of a Application leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

There is a privilege escalation vulnerability in Huawei PCManager versions earlier than PCManager 9.0.1.50. The attacker can tricking a user to install and run a malicious application to exploit this vulnerability. Successful exploitation may cause the attacker to obtain a higher privilege.

The bug was discovered 01/09/2019. The weakness was disclosed 06/06/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at huawei.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-5241 since 01/04/2019. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 148 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Upgrading to version 9.0.1.50 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PCManager 9.0.1.50

Timelineinfo

01/04/2019 🔍
01/09/2019 +5 days 🔍
06/06/2019 +148 days 🔍
06/07/2019 +1 days 🔍
09/28/2023 +1574 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: sa-20190109-01
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-5241 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-5241
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-136147
OSVDB: - Huawei PCManager privilege escalation

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/07/2019 08:57
Updated: 09/28/2023 14:48
Changes: 06/07/2019 08:57 (61), 06/20/2020 16:50 (1), 09/28/2023 14:48 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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