Huawei Mobile Phone prior HMA-AL00C00B175 Signature Verification Application 7pk security

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Huawei Mobile Phone. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Signature Verification Handler. This manipulation as part of Application causes 7pk security. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2019-5299. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Huawei Mobile Phone (Smartphone Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Signature Verification Handler. The manipulation as part of a Application leads to a 7pk security vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-254. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Huawei mobile phones Hima-AL00Bhave with Versions earlier than HMA-AL00C00B175 have a signature verification bypass vulnerability. Attackers can induce users to install malicious applications. Due to a defect in the signature verification logic, the malicious applications can invoke specific interface to execute malicious code. A successful exploit may result in the execution of arbitrary code.

The bug was discovered 03/20/2019. The weakness was published 08/13/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at huawei.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2019-5299 since 01/04/2019. An attack has to be approached locally. The requirement for exploitation is a single authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1211 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 146 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version HMA-AL00C00B175 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

VulDB Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Temp Score: 4.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: 7pk security
CWE: CWE-254
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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: Mobile Phone HMA-AL00C00B175

Timelineinfo

01/04/2019 🔍
03/20/2019 +75 days 🔍
08/13/2019 +146 days 🔍
08/15/2019 +2 days 🔍
11/25/2023 +1563 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: huawei.com

Advisory: sa-20190320-01
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-5299 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-5299
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-140005
OSVDB: - Huawei Mobile Phones security bypass

Entryinfo

Created: 08/15/2019 07:26
Updated: 11/25/2023 08:40
Changes: 08/15/2019 07:26 (60), 07/27/2020 18:10 (1), 11/25/2023 08:40 (4)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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